Etch-A-Sketch Clock Automatically Draws the Time [Toys]

The Arduino platform has been the basis of some awesome projects in the past, but I’ve yet to see an application of the technology that’s more fun than this Etch-a-Sketch clock. At the beginning of each minute, the device draws out the time in a matter of seconds and then erases it to start the process all over again the next minute. Fan freakin’ tastic. [Make]

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Brano Meres C-Thru Road Frame owes more to bridge construction than to bicycle design. Absolutely hand-built from carbon fiber rods, the project took Meres over 300 hours: each of the rods were glued with epoxy resin and the joints individually…

Brano Meres C-Thru Road Frame owes more to bridge construction than to bicycle design. Completely hand-built from carbon fiber rods, the project took Meres over 300 hours: each of the rods were glued with epoxy resin and the joints individually bound with carbon fibers. Only the rear dropouts and the headset cups are made from other materials – titanium and aluminum respectively.

Meres is a trained engineer, and it shows. Take a look at the close-ups of his handywork below. His next project, also pictured, was decidedly lower tech. Brano made himself a bamboo bike, which he says gives a superior ride than the carbon fiber model. And it’s a lot easier to grow the tubes than to build them.

Project page [Bmeres via Make]

Via [wired.com]

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Swiftpoint’s Slider is a novel solution to the problem of laptop mousing. Instead of making a tiny mouse to fit on the small patch of table by a notebook, the Slider actually uses the keyboard itself as a mousepad. The…

Swiftpoint’s Slider is a novel solution to the problem of laptop mousing. Instead of making a tiny mouse to fit on the small patch of table by a notebook, the Slider actually uses the keyboard itself as a mousepad.

The pointer can be held like a pen, as you see in the photograph, but comes into its own when tucked under the thumb. Your fingers are free to type, but when you need to move the cursor, the Slider glides over the keys. A pinch with the forefinger make a click, or you could use your other thumb on the laptop’s own trackpad.

Right now the Slider doesn’t have a price or a release date, but keep your fingers (or thumbs) crossed that it will be as cheap as it is cheerful.

Product page [Future Mouse via Coolest Gadgets]

Via [wired.com]

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You might think that eating utensils weren’t a field particularly ripe for innovation, but au contraire. The upcoming International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago will include a slew of new utensil ideas. Most striking is the Knork, a…

You might think that eating utensils weren’t a field particularly ripe for innovation, but au contraire. The upcoming International Home and Housewares Show in Chicago will include a slew of new utensil ideas.

Most striking is the Knork, a multitasker that puts your average spork to shame. The basic idea seems to be to include a sharpened side on a sturdily-built fork, allowing the diner to cut meat and veggies and transfer the chunks to his maw with one hand. Supposedly best for airplane dining and other elbow-constraining situations, we have the ability to envision opportunities when the Knork would come in handy. We can also envision being rather concerned about not cutting our lips to hell.

A Knork in the Road [Washington Post]

Via [wired.com]

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An Exciting 3 Way…Game of Chess [Gadgets]

A chess board recently unearthed in the Czech Republic takes an fresh look at the classic game by adding a third player into the action. Apparently, the game starts out like regular chess, but somewhere near the middle all hell breaks loose in an orgy of complex diagonal moves. Moreover, because their are three players, a certain amount of cooperation must take place to determine a winner.

For example, two players can gang up on the third to speed up elimination and two players must compete for the right to check mate the third. It seems complicated, but then again I suck at regular chess. For anyone with a head for the game, the basic rules are explained in the link. [Meignorant and offiizsamuraj via Neatorama]

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The Air Force Cyber Command, headed by Major General William T. Lord (from now on to be referered here as Sir Lord Darth Vader Von Ham—or Jeff) has released their Strategic Vision in the 2008 National Threat Assessment. It can be summarized as “Get ready u 1ee7 people, haxxors, and LOLcats! We’re gonna p0wn U!” Finally, it looks like the US military is getting really serious about the Web lately, and the Cyber Command is working towards being fully operational in 2009 now, in order to achieve:

• The capability to deter adversaries.
• The capability to deny access and operations to adversaries.
• The capability to disrupt adversaries.
• The capability to deceive adversaries.
• The ability to dissuade adversaries.
• The capability to defeat adversaries.

Why the Air Force? We don’t know, but it might be that they think that since they own the skies and the Intarwebs is all wireless now, they are in a better position to tackle the potential cyber-attacks coming from the Bad Guys. The Army and the NSA also want a piece of this new cake, however, and are fighting with each other to get the top spot in the Department of Defense. Meanwhile, the Axis of Evil keeps its attack on million of Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, and World of Warcraft lumberjacks around the world. [Defense Tech]

Via [gizmodo]

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