2021 is shaping up to be a year where previously announced technology from the pre-pandemic past starts coming out of the woodwork. The handheld Playdate console (which was supposed to release last year) has some new features and games, and now, Microsoft just announced the upcoming release of their new mini-fridge. For many of you who don’t know what the major technology company is doing in the home appliance industry, let me give you a quick rundown: Back in 2020, when Microsoft’s new Xbox Series X was announced, people commented that the console looked very much like a fridge. The comments churned out thousands of memes that Microsoft itself got…
Here’s something anyone can make with a wrench: a circular hook knife. However, instead of using the hardware tool to pull or twist something into place, you’ll actually be breaking the metal down and turning it into something new. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY-h3qRp308 The man behind The Small Workshop YouTube channel didn’t have his own forge, so he took an old metal wrench with a ring spanner and turned it into something new. Majority of the work involves shaping that ring spanner. After chopping off the part of the wrench that makes it… well, a wrench, you’ll need a rotary tool to narrow down the circular metal. Doing so will render the wrench…
Remember when I wrote about the Playdate? That little video game console with a low-res, black-and-white screen and a hand crank on the side? That was back in 2019. The console was supposed to come out last year but with the world being the way it is, creator Panic had to postpone their blocky handheld dreams. But it’s 2021 now, and Panic has brand new news regarding the Playdate. In their first ever Playdate update last June 9, they talked about the console’s present status, some new games, a new peripheral, but most importantly, an updated price and pre-order date. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeWGukDrc1U TL;DR, here’s the rundown: Playdate Stereo Dock While the…
People love to follow old traditions. However, when it comes to weddings, it’s always better when you give your stuff your very own personal touch. Create your magnum opus and you’ll turn heads, specifically your fiancée’s. A few years ago, Zack Nelson of JerryRigEverything married his fiancée Cambry. Prior to that, Cambry was involved in a horse riding accident which caused her to be confined in a wheelchair. So to make his wedding ring more personal, Zack decided to take a piece of his fiancée’s first ever wheelchair and combine it with a thin strip of 14 karat gold. Since Zack didn’t have much experience making jewelry, he asked his…
You can see them in almost every appliance you own. No, I’m not talking about buttons or switches; I’m talking about those two holes in your electrical plugs. Well, what are those for? I bet you’re thinking that they must have some specific purposes, right? The guy behind Silver Cymbal is just as curious as you when it comes to this matter. So to address this mental splinter, he did a little digging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db-dt5U3MCc After inspecting multiple appliances throughout the 1900s including a waffle iron from the 60s, he decided to do a little research. His quest for knowledge led him to June 17, 1913, where American inventor Harvey Hubbell…
If you’ve ever covered your eyes with a blindfold, you know how hard living could be without one of your five senses. Being blind is tough. Even restoring your sight using the newfangled eye surgeries would mean a great sum of money. But what if there was an app – a handy, affordable app- that could turn your iPad into a seeing apparatus? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Au47gnXs0w While still a prototype, Shane Wighton of Stuff Made Here has created an app for the new iPad Pro which turns the device into a seeing tool. Using the iPad Pro’s lidar and a custom mechanism on the iPad case, the app can sense the relative…