Off topic fun

Symbols you know?

This Brio wooden train toy table has lots of familiar electronics symbols. But does the robot logo some similarity to Android logo? Who has copied who? →

PCBs without any substrate

PCBs without any substrate article tells that Kimio Kosaka is taking the concept of free-formed circuits to the next level with O’Baka Project No.7. Arduino Skeleton “0′baka Project” means a stupid project. This project is to make things which is not art and which is not usable. It’s a fully functioning Arduino board, without the →

LEGO Great Ball Contraption

I one day saw this amazing LEGO Great Ball Contraption (GBC) Layout 2012.9 video and thought that it would be a good to share as the funny material for this Friday. If you liked this, look also Brickworld Great Ball Contraption 2 video. →

10 Useless tech gadgets

10 Useless tech gadgets article tells that that people just keep improving technology and new inventions keep popping up wherever you look. Some of them are useful and some of them are quite the opposite. Take a look at these ten gadgets that appear to be of no use. The list of course includes The →

Cool Circuit Board Stuff

Printed circuit board are found in computers and other digital electronics. Besides electronics there are other uses for the circuit board material. Rather than tossing them into a landfill and contributing to the problem of waste management, consider using old circuit boards in creative ways. Unusual Uses for Old Circuit Boards page gives some ideas →

Mars rover

NASA’s expensive Mars exploration Curiosity rover is finally doing what it was created to do: rove. Following a successful wheel test, the probe moved forward. Photo Gallery: Curiosity Rover Makes First Tracks on Mars article tells that Curiosity beamed back some incredible images of its tracks, which tell scientists that the soil is firm, great →

Trouble at V.I.R.U.S.

Trouble at V.I.R.U.S. (Virus Investors Radical United Society) …a rejected campaign idea from F-secure archives… I see now what that “F” means in F-Secure. I see why this did not get out but found this funny. →