Tag Archives: gears

Gear Ring Should Really Have Our URL Engraved Somewhere

I’m offended. How dare Kinekt design such a perfectly apt Gear Ring and not include the Gearfuse URL somewhere on the band. You’ll be hearing from our lawyers! But no, really, I see no better way of sporting your techy pride than to slip a set of gears around your fingers. Especially if you just HAPPPEN to decide to engrave ...

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Inside A Hallmark Musical Greeting Card

Found on Flickr user Tableauvivant’s page, this above photo shows the musical components of a Hallmark musical greeting card. I must say, this is quite surprising. I was sent a few musical cards back in May and when I took them apart, I found a tiny PCB with a piezo speaker and some other circuitry. This appears to be a ...

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Pedal Powered Panzer Fights War, Not Wars

Kick ass pedal powered Panzers are fighting the good fight. The second annual Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby inspired a group of guys to construct a human powered Panzer Kampwagen III in 11 days for the purpose of crashing the party. By the time they were finished the tank, they were too tired to crash any party, so they just spent ...

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Bonsai Gear Clock Makes Mr. Miyagi Sad

These Bonsai Gear Clocks are named after their brilliantly intuitive design. A set of clock gears meshed together to resemble a bonsai tree. Made with ABS plastic gears, metal stem and a wooden base, the Bonsai Gear Clock runs on 2x D batteries (yeah, the big ones). The very slick design is a beautiful mix of technological invention and the ...

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