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Piano-based voice synthesizer

IGU — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:40:57 +0000

It Knows Everything (well, almost)!

IGU — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:23:46 +0000

WolframAlpha answers the difficult question related to the average flight speed of a certain swallow..

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix

IGU — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:21:14 +0000

Highbrow music?

IGU — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:33:56 +0000

Laptop with a lasting first impression

IGU — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:16:25 +0000

Datamancer has really outdone himself this time with the most amazing casemod for a laptop I’ve ever seen. His creation takes the whole Steampunk movement to a whole new level and I’m sure there are a lot of people lining up to purchase the machine.

Check out the details at Datamancer.net and a visit the forums to see how everything was put together.

Coffee maker for a mad scientist

IGU — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:10:01 +0000

It sounds so goood…

“A siphon pot has two stacked glass globes, and works a little like a macchinetta, that stove-top gadget wrongly called an espresso maker by generations of graduate students. As water vapor forces water into the upper globe the coffee grounds are stirred by hand with a bamboo paddle. (In Japan, siphon coffee masters carve their own paddles to fit the shape of their palms.)

The goal is to create a deep whirlpool in no more than four turns without touching the glass. Posture is important. So is timing: siphon coffee has a brewing cycle of 45 to 90 seconds.”

The New York Times has all the details.