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02
2008
WiiMote Curtain Controller Project is Like Resident Evil: Drapes [Wii]
Posted by: in Technology News, Media & PC, GamingStanding up and manually closing curtains is for old people and luddites. What we roll with is of the mechanical variety, preferably hooked up to something like a WiiMote to give it that extra bit of nerdiness. This WiiMote curtain project is exactly what we mean. Sure, it’s not 1:1 arm to curtain movement, but that’s exactly the point of not wanting to close the curtain with your arm, manually. Isn’t it? [Hasse.nl]
We have already seen some of the phones in 
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I never thought that speakers could give me the same feeling that I get when I see a beautifully designed car, but some of the entries in C4DCafe’s speaker rendering challenge have done just that (and some of them are just plain weird). The only problem is that putting one of these designs in my home would make all my other stuff look like crap. Hit the link to check out all of the designs along with the winners. [
If we were handy enough to build our own sinks, we’d build one exactly like this “The Ripple” faucet, designed by Smith Newnam, which equates relative ball movement to the temperature and amount of water flowing out. Hot water makes the LED glow red, while cold makes it glow blue, and the two hot and cold channels mix together in the open air to make for your desired temperature. Awesome? Definitely. Practical? Not so much. Just try moving that ball around without accidentally touching the scorching water. [
Swedish designers Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff believe that their Surveillance Lamp is “Orwellian” in the sense that it is an “ambiguous reflection of their thoughts about the political future.” That’s deep and everything but the bottom line is that a lamp modeled after surveillance cameras looks pretty damn cool. The only question is whether or not it is cool enough to drop over 50,00 EUR ($7,500) on—because that is where the bidding is on Ebay right now with about 6 days left. [
Despite the fact that consoles have become the primary platform for most gamers, there is still a diehard fanbase that prefer PCs based on factors like the online experience you get with games like WOW, the level of control that a keyboard and mouse can bring, as well as the potential for better performance. So the question is, where do your loyalties lie?
What happens to your intellectual property if you die in some kind of nasty accident? Worried, perhaps, that your life’s work would be stifled by 70 years of copyright protection, meant to benefit only your ungrateful dependents? Why not donate it all to the public domain? Affix this (legally binding?) sticker on your driver’s license, in the place generally reserved for organ donor information, and you’re good to go. After all, who needs your kidney when the world could freely enjoy your crappy poetry instead? [
You know that $100 Sharper Image gift certificate you got for Christmas? The one that’s now 
If you have an expensive bicycle, it might be a wise decision to invest in a serious lock that is capable of foiling would-be thieves. These Bike Chain Cuffs offer just such a solution with a design modeled after standard issue police handcuffs. Made from hardened laminated steel, a hardened pivot link and a heat-treated patented lock core, these cuffs are virtually indestructible—which is why they come with a lifetime guarantee. It is no wonder these suckers will set you back around $157. [
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