Posts Tagged ‘door’

Electricity Free Sliding Door Concept (video)

June 23rd, 2009 2:23 PM | by Christen da Costa

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Sliding doors ain’t exactly new tech, but this innovative concept uses zero electricity and depends on the person’s weight to to open and close.  It works by stepping on a foot plate that engages a set of gears that trigger a counter weight that pulls the doors open.  Step off the plate and the same weight slides the doors closed.  Simple, neat and best of all energy efficient.  Video below.

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NES Door Bell Mod Will Have You Gaming At The Door (video)

June 19th, 2009 1:17 PM | by Christen da Costa

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It wasn’t too long ago we saw an old NES controller modded to fit a Samsung mobile phone.  Yeah, it was gimmicky, stupid and required little to no engineering skills of any sort.  The NES Door Bell mod on the other hand is the stuff dreams are made of.  Ok, that might be over stating it a bit, but how cool would it be to roll up to your best bra’s pad and ring in via a piece of gaming history, or in my case gaming nostalgia.  Check the video below and note the LED light.

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