Can You Name The Video Game Systems

Many of us remember the days of NES and Sega gaming platforms. But, I bet that you can't name all 68 of them from the year 1972 to today. If you think that you are up to the challenge than why not play the game? But, oh yeah, you only have twelve minutes.

Worlds Coolest Keyboard

While many people are building wooden keyboards and others are making their keyboards completely black there is one that completely blows away the competition. It is called the Optimus Keyboard and each individual key is an led display that can be changed depending on what you are
doing.

For example, if you are using Photoshop than the keys can serve as shortcut buttons or if you are playing a game than they can be the buttons to control your character like in the picture below.

However, if you are now convinced that you need on than you may want to reconsider because, it will cost you over $1500. Yes, that's right $1500. But, maybe if you wait a while the price will drop (I sure hope so because I would love one of those on my desk) and maybe even one day they'll have them installed on laptop keyboards.

Sony's New Organic LED TV

If you think that your new plasma or lcd tv is nice you may need to soon rethink that. Sony has made a 3mm thin (yes, that is 3mm not a typo) telivision using the same technology that cellphone screens use. In addition, when it's off it uses no energy at all and when it's on it uses less than a lightbulb. The TV is also HD however, there is one drawback, it is quite expensive. For the only size available, 11 inches, it will put you back $2,500. But, if you wait a couple of years the price may drop even more and experts are expecting it to replace LCD and plasma TVs in about a decade. For more information please watch the video above.

Floating Light Bulb

While many people will think that this was Photoshoped or edited in some way, it wasn't. The lightbulb is held in the air by an electromagnet that keeps the magnets that are hidden inside of the lightbulb about 2.5 inches from the nearest object and is powered wirelessly by a wireless transmit coil. MORE

Maker Faire is Over

The third Maker Faire was a HUGE success! The estimated turnout was 100,000 people. People from all over the world came to show off and see projects. Watch the video below for some of the faires highlights.

New Discovery Show "Prototype This" Better than Expected

"If you're a fan of things like MythBusters, Make magazine, Burning Man, the do-it-yourself movement and the like, you are probably going to love Prototype This!

The basic theme of Prototype This! is that the four hosts, Terry Sandin, Zoz Brooks, Mike North, and Joe Grand take their combined skills and use each episode to conceive of and craft some entirely new design, product, or technology. The end result? A full season of prototypes that are off-the-wall, entirely practical, and everything in between." -CNet News

New Discovery Show- Prototype This Premiers Tomorrow

The new Discovery show Prototype This premiers tomorrow (10/15/08). The Show involves four engineers who try to make a prototype of ridiculously insane ideas. Check out the schedule from the discovery site bellow and for show dates and episodes.


MIND CONTROLLED CAR - October 15 @ 10 e/p
Our team of inventors attempts to prototype a car that utilizes biofeedback sensors to restrict a cars performance as its driver's agitation level increases. Joe and Zoz will use cutting edge biofeedback and mind control technologies as the brains of the prototypes while Terry and Mike retrofit the test cars for an extreme test to prove the concept: a demolition derby where road rage is inevitable.

BOXING ROBOTS - October 22 @ 10 e/p
The prototype team looks into the future of gaming -- and giant, boxing robots are what they see. Joe and Zoz utilize a technology called optical glyph tracking to allow the robots to register and mimic their human counterparts' boxing movements while Mike is charged with dressing the metallic skeletons and Terry with building the metal beasts themselves. And then it's into the boxing ring for a metallic monster slugfest!

TRAFFIC BUSTING TRUCK - October 29 @ 10 e/p
The boys take on the challenge of building a car that will beat traffic by rising up -- and driving over it. And as an added bonus, the lift allows the vehicle to find parking like nothing else on wheels. The key to this build is a set of amazing wheels that can move in all directions without actually turning.

GET UP AND GO - November 5 @ 10 e/p
The team of engineers attempts to invent a space-age sleeping pod that gets you up, fed, showered, groomed, dressed, informed and out the door in a matter of minutes. Initial attempts to automate things like shaving and eating turn out to be either scary or messy, but some surprising breakthroughs pave the way for a triumphant public demonstration.

WATERSLIDE SIMULATOR - November 12 @ 10 e/p
No water theme park is complete without a long run on a water slide, but what do you do when you don't have the room in your backyard? Let the the laws of physics give you a ride! In what may be their most massive build, the team puts together an amazing, fun-filled "slide-in-a-ring" and then turns on the hose for some aquatic fun.

SIX-LEGGED ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE - November 19 @ 10 e/p
Inspired by the "legs" of an innovative robot called RHex, the prototypers decide to use this basic design with its synchronized alternating tripod gait and build it BIG! What first appears as a simple upscaling project becomes a real challenge when the team discovers that size can change everything.

Portable Generators

BAE Systems, a major hybrid bus manufacturer is thinking about the possibility of using the energy left over that is stored in the bus's batteries as an energy source in the result of an emergancy in their newest generation of buses. The companies current buses are also hybrids but don't use the newest lithium-ion energy storage technology to improve the amount of power generated. The current buses from BAE Systems that are in use already are saving cities 40% less to maintain and 24% less to operate than the earlier hybrid buses. The new bus will even reduce the operating and maintenence costs even more and more importanly serve as mobile generators to supply power to essential things in the result of an emergency such as hospitals (the company estimates that on a 100 gallon tank of fuel the bus could power a 12,400 square foot hospital for 22 hours.