Hardware posts

The folks at Team BlackSheep put together a “Christmas Special” video with their quadcopter and GoPro camera. While there are few details about the group, the equipment used, or whether or not the French police are investigating, it’s fun to watch as they land on a truck in traffic, hover close to the street with people taking pictures, and follow a French police car up until the point when they are apparently spotted. Then, they make their hasty retreat. Check it out: Here’s a separate video of a cool homemade quadcopter with a GoPro attached: Related articles ‘Team Black Sheep’ Troll French Police…

The original idea was a good one. With internet speeds improving and becoming more abundant, why carry around all of your data and the bulky hard drives necessary to maintain them? Why not store just about everything on the cloud and create machines that could be easily transported everywhere to do nearly everything that can be done by a desktop computer? That was what propelled Asus and other manufacturers to start the netbook revolution in 2007. Their Eee PC was a landmark development in the world of computing, bringing functionality and form to a compact computer that could fill most of our needs…

Flashback to the 80’s and 90’s when mixtapes were a sign of affection and the top 9 at 9 was time to sit and press record. Back then, music took a little more effort to retrieve than it does today and radio was exciting to listen to, especially if you had a boom box that had a record button on it. Music companies flourished in providing us with manual labored music, since every time you wanted to listen to a tune you had to hit rewind or fast forward; no such thing as repeat or shuffle. It is hard to imagine that it would be the last of the musical era to have to put effort into listening to music that you loved…

Make your music dance with speakers filled with colorful water that will swish to the vibrations of the sound from the attached speakers. Speakers have almost become a necessity to own, especially with the various gadgets and laptops we collect like Barbie’s, even if they come with built-in speakers they most certainly do not do audio any justice. …

We all enjoy sharing our captured moments through photos especially with our friends and family members and although we share them online it is not quite the same as sharing it with them offline. Yet, crowding around a computer or trying to hook up the proper cables to a T.V. to be able to share the stories that go along with the images can be too much of a hassle. That is why bringing the projector back into style and giving it a new-aged twist for the iPhone will make story-telling of your experiences come to life all the better. …

Transformer toys have been cool since the 80’s; they have been a uni-sex toy that has caught the attention of both girls and boys. Now, you can teach your kids how cool Transformers are with an educational touch by teaching them about solar power too. …

I remember how much a lightsaber was enjoyed when a friend would pull one out of their closet, it was certainly one gift I wanted but never got as a kid. Luckily, I had really awesome friends who were willing to share and since I was always willing to play, it became one of my favorite toys. Now, as an adult finding a Luke Skywalker (Hello!) lightsaber lava lamp makes me want to pop in a Star Wars DVD and have a marathon. …

Having the ability to paint is pretty impressive within itself, not everyone has the creative gene. Watching an idea go from thought to art is an amazing process to witness and even more so when someone can turn a photograph of a real cat and finger paint it on an iPad artistically is simply a mind-blowing experience. …

When Unbox Therapy decides that they want to build something, they go all out. That’s the case here as they have finally put together what they’re calling “The Ultimate Gaming PC”. Here are the specs: Intel 3770K CPU ASUS DirectCU II Top GTX 680 ASUS Xonar Phoebus Soundcard Corsair Obsidian 800D Chassis ASUS Maximus V Formula Windows 7 Ultimate Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM Corsair AX1200i Power Supply Corsair H100 Water Cooling ASUS VG278HE Monitors ASUS Blu-Ray Drive Corsair Neutron GTX SSD WD 3TG Green Drives Corsair Vengeance K90 Keyboard Corsair Vengeance M90 Mouse Check out the video…

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) have been working on the Legged Squad Support System (LS3) for years. This creepy, “thinking” robot is designed to help troops carry equipment on terrain that is normally not suitable for vehicles. The latest advancements are demonstrated below, showing improved maneuverability, voice commands, stability controls, and recovery abilities. When it falls, it can get back up. Fortunately, it doesn’t fall very often even in difficult terrain. In this video, they demonstrate the ability…