Introducing TOYOTA i-ROAD Personal Mobility Vehicle

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Toyota has reaffirmed its commitment to battery-powered electric mobility by unveiling the funky i-Road concept car this week at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.

Designed as a flexible and cost-effective mode of transport for busy urban environments, the new i-Road concept is essentially an electric three-wheeler with a closed canopy design.

But the i-Road has one very interesting feature, it’s new “Active Lean” self-leaning system designed to automatically balance the vehicle when cornering or travelling over rough surfaces.

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New to iTunes Store: Penis-measuring app to help you find the best fitting condom and potentially tell your online friends what your size is

Do you need an iPad or are you good to go with an iPhone 4?

Your online followers may want to know now that some crafty software developers have released a penis-measuring app.

The digital replacement for the tape measure went on sale via the iTunes App Store this week.

The developers of the ‘Condom Size’ app, VSM Enterprises, say its purpose is to help men size themselves for the best fitting condom. Users must be 17 or older to download the app, according to iTunes.

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How checking our phones 60 times a day is driving away friends


Young people’s attachment to their mobile phones is eroding their personal relationships, according to a new study.

The claims come after research revealed that young adults – in addition to sending over 100 texts – check their mobile up to 60 times a day.

Experts behind a new study have now said compulsively checking a mobile phone is an addiction similar to compulsive spending or credit card misuse.

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Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know – Old School Computer Remix

HP Scanjet 3C as the vocals. It lags a bit due to the fast paced vocals. In order for the stepper motor to play a note it has to be moving and with that large carriage it takes a few milli seconds before it can play a note. It doesn’t sound like a lot of time but stretch that over a 4 minute song and voila…out of sync. Programming does help to compensate but it is not perfect.
Amiga 600 Bass on left audio output and Guitar on right audio output
Each audio channel was feed into an oscilloscope
2 Harddrives as the drums and cymbal
Xylophone as the Xylophone (duh)
Both the Harddrive and Xylophone are controlled by one PIC16F84A mircocontroller

thanks to A1- Electronics Parts (Toronto) for the great deals on all those old parts that are getting harder to find

LEGO Great Ball Contraption

running at 1.0 balls/sec
500 balls
size : 1.5m×6.5m
path length : 31m
construction time : 600 hours

1. ball factory (inspired by superbird28)
2. zigzag stair
3. zigzag lift
4. pneumatic (sometimes spilling balls)
5. cup
6. screw T1
7. basket shooter
8. mechanical train (lack of reliability)
9. screw T2
10. screw T3
11. spiral lift T2
12. elevator & coaster (coaster inspired by Hidaka’s ball rolling)
13. fork
14. spiral lift T1 & step
15. catch & release
16. belt conveyor & pinball
17. 5-axis robot S750