Uncommon Goods is selling this Make Your Own Panties Kit for $20. It includes a pair of skivvies, rickrack trim, and a cherry accent. Throw it all together and you’ve got yourself some DIY drawls! Why would you want to make your own panties? I don’t know, that’s between you and, like, god or your […]
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Ok, you should still keep a first aid kit in the office. But we suspect you’ll get more usage out of the above Emergency Nap Kit. It contains an inflatable mattress and a full-length, one-size-fits-most sleeping suit. So stash this on a bookshelf somewhere, or in a desk drawer, and when the urge becomes irresistible, just open it up for an impromptu nap. You might get a few looks from your co-workers, but you’ll get the last laugh when your refreshing power nap causes you to blow those quarterly reports out of the water. It’s £29.99, or roughly $45.
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Love Hurts is a first aid kit for the broken hearted. It was put together by designer Melanie Chernock. The kit includes tissues, a mix CD, dark chocolate, candy hearts, bubble bath soap, vodka, a candle and a book of matches. I’m assuming matches to light all their stuff on fire, which is hands down the best part about any break up. Unless you manage to light your place on fire in the process. Which happened to me. I lost my boyfriend AND my apartment in the same day! I… I probably deserved both of those things.
Because pizza doesn’t grow on trees, but apparently you can grow it in a pot, here’s a Grow Your Own Pizza Kit. I’ve never been much of a gardner, but for pizza I’d definitely make an exception. I’d do anything for you, Pizza! The kit comes with packets of tomato, basil, and oregano seeds, along with some pots, compost, plant markers, and a booklet with some tips and puzzles. Wait, that’s all? Uh, what about the cheese? And dough? Most importantly, where the f*** are the toppings? Wow, this is actually just a gardening kit in the guise of a pizza kit — I been duped. Duped, I tell you!
Building your own wireless communications device isn't for the faint of heart, or the law-abiding -- the FCC tends to prefer placing its own stamp of approval on devices that utilize US airwaves, making a homegrown mobile phone an unlikely proposition. That didn't stop a team at the MIT Media Lab from creating such a DIY kit, however. Meet the Do-It-Yourself Cellphone. This wood-based mobile rig, while it's currently in the prototype phase (where it may indefinitely remain), would eventually ship with a circuit board, control pad, a fairly beefy antenna and a monochrome LCD. Sounds like it'd be right at home at some kid's garage workshop in the early '80s, not showcased at an MIT open house. The argument here is that people spend more time with their phone than with any other device, so naturally they'd want to build one to their liking. Nowadays, folks expect their pocketable handset to enable them to not only place and receive phone calls, but also store phone numbers, offer a rechargeable battery, and, well, in some cases even send and receive email, and surf the web -- none of which are available with such a kit.
The prototype we saw was fully functional. It could place calls. It could receive calls. There was even Caller ID! The phone does indeed feel homemade, with its laser-cut plywood case and a design that lacks some of the most basic gadget essentials, like a rechargeable battery (or at very least some provisions for replacing the 9-volt inside without unscrewing the case). Audio quality sounded fine, and calls went out and came in without a hitch -- there's a SIM card slot inside, letting you bring the nondescript phone to the carrier of your choice. Does it work? Yes. Is it worth dropping $100-150 in parts to build a jumbo-sized phone with a microscopic feature set? No, there's definitely nothing smart about the DIY Cellphone. If you want to throw together your own handset, however, and not risk anyone questioning the legitimacy of your homemade claim, you might want to keep an eye out for this to come to market. The rest of you will find everything you need in the video just past the break. We're just happy to have walked away without any splinters.
DIY Cellphone has the footprint of an ice cream sandwich, definitely doesn't run ICS (hands-on) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia's buried-but-beloved N900 smartphone has performed many parlor tricks in the past, but its latest role as a carbon-fiber swaddled cyborg cranium just might take the cake. Using the equally forsaken MeeGo Maemo OS, a roboticist by the name of Sascha hacked his way into the phone's three-axis controller and other components in order to bring his Bioloid creation to life. The smartphone's video streaming and remote access functions may also give this bipedal mech a leg-up on the last N900 robo we admired -- but we'll need to see some video of it all in action before we make that call. Meanwhile, let's just hope that this unholy union of rejected parts doesn't become self-aware and turn on the company that cast it away.
Nokia N900 rises from the grave, replaces robot's head originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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