Shoot the Hell Out of People While Surfing the Interweb

The Pan Tilt Airsoft Gun Mod is a kit you add to any standard Airsoft gun to make it remote-controlled by a computer. You can even attach a webcam to it for maximized shot-to-kill ratio.

Pan Tilt Airsoft Gun Mod - Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog

Face Tracking Hexapod Robot

My boy mFp sent me this link last night. It's a face tracking robot (not to be confused with a face tracing robot.) It has very life-like movement as it turns every-which-way following your head as if it is about to pounce. It's life-like movement can be attributed to its programmer Matt Denton who works on animatronics for movies.

Face Tracking Hexapod Robot - Hacked Gadgets - DIY Tech Blog

Daily Link Roundup of Beer and Microsoft

Google Maps Facelift Scoble Sellout Part Three? - Twitter Adverts R/C Cooler Brings The Beer To You LED cape Yahoo’s Tumbling House Of Cards LinkedIn vs. Facebook 6 Months Later How to Thief-Proof Your Laptop Swiss Company Selling America in Late May Microsoft donates special 360 kiosks to children's hospitals Shape-Shifting Robots Robot Laser Deathmatch Is Just Practice For World Takeover

Daily Link Roundup of Ironman and Spy Sunglasses

Electro-occular implants transform blind grandmas into NBA stars Rotating screw becomes DIY clock Raytheon Sarcos is the Real Ironman A swarm of tiny robot vacuums for your apartment Spy sunglasses not likely to be in Bond's arsenal Radio shows what your friends are listening to Wear Your Battery Backup As A ‘Fashion’ Statement The Real Losers in the Failed Microsoft-Yahoo Deal Creative Ways to Reuse "Disposable" Items Robotic Giraffe Really Likes to Be Pet

Daily Link Roundup of Six Packs and Blockbuster

WeRobot Shirt Features 51 Robots, More Or Less Make a wearable pixel Chill Stick Disguises A Six Pack AT&T launches its own browser, Pogo. Surprise: It doesn't suck. Energy Saver Bar Turns Off Your Gadgets With A Tap Of Your Foot Rocketboom creator pulls plug on auction of Twitter account German Company Resurrects Self-Destructing DVDs Clothing designed to fight back against intentionally uncomfortable furniture Blockbuster sued over role in Facebook's Beacon ad program Hide Cords with the CD Spindle Cable Organizer 2.0 Target Speed Racer Gift Card Flash Drive

Daily Link Roundup of Cyberdyne and Comcast

'Bed Fan' keeps you cool under the sheets Tiny 'Tweezers' Can Pick Up, Move Individual Cells How-To: Make A Sawn-Off USB Thumbdrive Cheap Calls! Truphone Raises £16.5 million In Series B Cyberdyne Building Factory To Construct Consumer Power Exoskeletons The Decline and Fall of Tech on Digg Smooshy stylus for the iPhone / iPod Touch A new reason to hate Comcast Oklahoma Leaks Tens of Thousands of Social Security Numbers, Other Sensitive Data Psystar’s Mac clones: The pics - But is the company even real?

Daily Link Roundup of Woz and Legos

Shuttle Releases HD DVD/Blu-ray Compatible Mini-PC The Woz talks about creating the computer of his dreams DIY Tile Phone Concept Excites People Who Love Stray Parts Cheap and Easy Velcro Ties Bowl with spoon-rest Rocketboom Founder Puts His Twitter Account On Sale God Uses Firefox? Logo Forms In Space! Weekend Project: Transistorize Your iPod GrandCentral Offline: If You Wanna Be A Phone Company, You Can’t Go Dead The Lego People Must Be Stopped: MP3 Player G-Dog Robot Kit Is Robosapien’s Best Friend

Daily Link Roundup of Robots and Robot Poop

KUKA WiiBot Plays Tennis, Will Stab You Doomi Helps You Get Things Done Wireless Paintball Turret Offers Home Perimeter Defense, Peace of Mind Find the Perfect Cell Phone Plan at BillShrink TiVo Execs Hack American Idol Results Do Business Like a Mafioso Every Robot Poops Use Jott to Keep a Medical Diary Digitized Post-It Notes for Alzheimer's Patients Nix noisey hard drives with elastic

Daily Link Roundup of Staches and Paros

Identity thieves slash prices Pneumatic exoskeleton makes lifting a breeze I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other Day BumpTop 3D Desktop Yahoo Goes Scorched Earth Fly without booking a flight Just What the Heck is Twitter, Anyway? A Necklace Comb For Your Stache Imagine A Writer For The Onion Doing Greeting Cards. Now Read Below. Paro therapeutic service robot coming to the USA and Canada

Daily Link Roundup of accodians and Street Views

Make Your Own Temporary Tattoos from Your Printer - Great way to test out an idea before it becomes permanent. Accordian retracting USB flash drive - GENIUS! No cap to lose. Who Says Print is Dead? Local Blog Finds Success Offline DIY etching tank Capturx Digital Pen Turns Jotted Notes to Text Snakes, Rovers and Googly Eyes: New Robot Masters Take Many Forms Pittsburgh couple sues Google over Street View Buy a 'Surface' Computer, but Not From Microsoft! FIRST robotics competition Pizza.com domain name fetches millions - One of the few who got lucky with a domain purchase years ago.

Daily Link Roundup of firebal shooters and manure launchers

Porta-Jump: Tiny Cube Jump Starts Your Car - You don't have to get out of the car to use it. Weekend Project: Make a fireball shooter Check eBay Auctions for Sneaky Stuff with Auction Inquisitor 1.20: Retention Plan Robot Vacuum Cleans Your Floors, Maps Your Rooms, Sleeps With Your Wife - True Manure launching security system Breaking: Sony Won't Charge $50 To Remove Bloatware Tell Starbucks What You Want: More Free WiFi, Plugs For Laptops, Better Coffee... Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader Locked Up: Why Your Books Are No Longer Yours - You are better off by the real thing, so you can do whatever you want with it.

Daily Link Roundup of DangerBombs and suicide robots

Banpresto DangerBomb Alarm Clock Makes Each Morning Your Last Chill Out With The Swiss Peace Knife Has Digg Already Picked the President? HOW TO - LED foldie Sharpcast (Finally) Releases SugarSync for Synchronization of Data Across Devices How NOT to Promote Your Site Man kills self with suicide robot Handmade mechanical dragonfly Five Methodologies to Deal with Email Overload

Daily Link Roundup of Faxes and Big Dogs

Hakia Licenses its Semantic Search Technology TiVo adds Web video--but there's a catch - You need a Series 3 box to use it. What Happens When WiFi Goes Away? Fax for Free - You can send 2, 3 page faxes a day for free. BB Gadgets: Big Dog robotic pack mule on ice and snow- Watch the video so you can see the height of this robot. Measuring cup with unusual units of measure- Add half a human brains worth of flour and then mix in...... Worst USB Gadget Yet: Engagement Ring Self watering recycled plant pot for growing herbs and flowers IPhone Hack Brings Multi Touch To PC and Mac

Daily Link Roundup of SMS Spams and VoIP Phones

Chinese Firm Sends 230 Million SMS Spams Daily - Everything really is made in China. Check Web Site Availability with Down For Everyone Or Just Me? - We will use this for those clients who can't understand why their site is not coming up when they are at some random establishment. 1.18: Quitting is a Disease - This is so true. Thomson's Beautiful "Symbio" VoIP Phone - We want one. Toy Records Audio Onto a Coffee Cup Robot On A Swing Video Coming To Flickr Soon. Really. A Very Special Google Docs Feature (Potential Spoiler) BLUETOUCH Bluetooth Car Kit Is Not So Hands Free

Daily Link Roundup of Anti-Sharks and Pidgins

Worst USB Gadget Yet: Dog-Doing-Situps Drive Watch All Network TV from One Place Which Programming Language Would Presidential Candidates Use? Hawking USB Dish Antenna Picks Up WiFi, Protects Death Star - Always have internet access. Microsoft goes public with Office Live Workspace beta iRobot to Develop "LANdroid" Mechanized Network Hotspots Jurassic Programmers Shark Eats Anti-Shark Device In Test (Oops) - This is too funny. How Many Hours Do You Sleep at Night? - Six here. Asus Ares CG6150: Devours children, plays games Poll: Will Your Mom & Dad Ever Use Twitter? - Ours probably will. We already got them using ooVoo. Chat Across IM Platforms with Pidgin 2.4 Plug-'n'-Play USB Virus Makes MacBooks Fall to Pieces homage to the light bulb So You Hacked Our Site!?

Daily Link Roundup of Emoticons and Comcasts

Power Sellers Extend eBay Boycott - It is going to take a lot to get across to eBay. Download a Gmail Conversation PageOnce Organizes Your Online Life - Another site to help you keep track of all your sites. Easily Convert Your Vinyl To MP3s Some Expert: “Killer Robots Pose Latest Militant Threat” Realistic, Animatronic Lion Mask with stereo night vision and amplified hearing LEGO Block as USB Flash Drive - It's LEGOMANIA! Undocumented Emoticons in Gmail Chat - The crab is great. Mecha Cellphone, Because Why Not - It is a like a Transformer cell. Favorit fixes some of Google Reader's shortcomings, adds own Wireless home router with analogue utilisation meter - Keep an eye on your banwidth usage. FCC contemplating do-over Comcast hearing at Stanford - Comcast is gonna get it.

Daily Link Roundup of ecobuttons and Bit Torrents

Converting Sewage Into Drinking Water: Wave Of The Future? - Here comes Waterworld. Worst Phone Concept Ever: Turkey Leg Phone Software Can Recognize Face with One Photo GPS Tracking System Lets You Find Your Car Anywhere Pollen Detection Robots Feed And Watch Your Pets From Your PC - For the crazy cat lady in your life! Report: some recent iPods won't work with iTunes video rentals Calibrate Your Monitor with Screen Check Sony's New Subnotebooks Prove It Gets The MacBook Air ecobutton Provides An Energy Saving Alternative To Shutting Down Your PC RIAA Wants to Increase Filesharing Damages to $1.5 Million an Album, Just for Laughs Top 10 BitTorrent Tools and Tricks Panasonic Center’s Solar & Wind Powered Streetlights - These shouls be everywhere. Sprout: The Online WYSIWYG Editor for Flash How to Build a Jacuzzi for 20 People on Top of Mont Blanc Real-World Calvin Builds Snow Machine - The kid's only 10!

Daily Link Roundup of Crazy Guns and Blu-Ray Wins

Not a lot going on today in the Blogosphere.

Today's Daily Links go out in memory of those great minds lost in the Challenger disaster on this day in 1986.

Would You Read a Book On Your Cell Phone? - You probably already do if you're in Japan. Snickers Charged Infused with Caffeine and Taurine Monitor Your Home From Afar With AlertMe ScrapeRite Plastic Razor Blades - Giving me another one of those "why didn't I think of that" moments. MacBook AirCraft Has Boatload of Features - But who the hell needs 5 firewire ports? I never use my 1. Maybe it's a Mac thing. Robovie Finds Lost Shoppers, Eats Their Souls Worst USB Gadget Yet: Mouse With Speaker, Mic Amazon Says International MP3 Downloads Coming in 2008 What happens to blog-posts after you click Publish "Brugo" Mug Cools Coffee One Sip at a Time Wakerupper: Free Wake-up Calls from the Web Researchers See Blu-ray Win by End of Year Windows 7: The Anti-Vista? Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell: A blueprint for eco-friendly cars of the future? - Over 100 of these hydrogen powered cars are being produced for consumer sale as part of the world’s biggest fuel cell test fleet. C# Code Format - This tool allows you to format your C#, VB, HTML, XML, T-SQL or MSH code for publishing on a web site or in a blog. Pistol ring and other unusual guns - A gallery of odd guns.

Daily Link Roundup of Micro-Printing and Digital Clouds

New Robotics Challenge Aims To Develop Friendly Highly Autonomous Robots Fine Print: New Technique Allows Fast Printing Of Microscopic Electronics Create Business Cards for Free with Deyey Troika’s Digital Cloud - An amazing kinetic sculpture OTTO Hears All Google May Knee Cap Domain Tasting Art of data-center cabling Walking chair sculpture isn't a chair, but it walks Camera In A Pill Offers Cheaper, Easier Window On Your Insides DIY Roll-Up Keyboard Australian girl switched blood type after transplant

Daily Link Roundup of Radiation Detectors, Solar NES, and a Big Digg Fix

As a new feature of the Daily Link Roundup, we're going to start highlighting the best and most important articles of the day in bold. That way, if you only have a second or two to check today's links you'll know where to start!

Nanotubes Help Advance Brain Tumor Research The "Work From Home" Generation Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation To Thwart Nuclear Terrorism Last.fm Offers Limited Full-Track Streaming and Moves Towards Subscriptions - The key word here being limited. Solar Powered NES and Gameboy Emulator: Everything Included Sega Dream DX Is Just Like A Real Dog, Only Not Really Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Officially Unveiled - The first commercial passenger spaceship. Lindo Works Like A Desk Attached To Your Hips Digg Changes Algorithm: No More Group Voting Up Stories - Hopefully it actually works this time. Is Comcast really blocking P2P? EFF + SF Weekly conclude: yeah. - My conclusion: duh. Get SMS Alerts for Your Favorite RSS Feeds with Pingie Playyoo: YouTube For Mobile Games Goes Beta Wall Cleats - Another Tool For The War On Cables BedJump.com - Hotel Bed Jumping - Not exactly tech, but neat pics of people jumping on hotel beds. Laser-cut book is a scale model of artist's house Find Popular Google Reader Shared Items with ReadBurner Use Apropos to Learn New Terminal Commands

Daily Link Roundup

CES is here, and we'll be bringing you highlights from the conference whether you like it or not. Why? Because that's all anyone is blogging about, so take it and like it! Seriously though, we have some great articles for you from CES and even mixed things up a bit from a few that (dare I say) are not from CES!

CES: Logitech MX 5500 Revolution - If I were a keyboard, I'd have sex with this keyboard. CES: WowWee's Tribot Spins, Sasses, and Kicks RoboSapien in the Crotch osliving.com - "Welcome to Open Source Living, an archive of the Web's best Open Source software, applications and references for a zero-cost / top quality digital experience." CES: Alienware's Curved LCD Monitor Prototype - You gotta see this thing (with video). CES: Pepcom: PocketFinder GPS Locator - Wherever this pocket-sized device goes, you can locate it's position to within 5 feet. Starry Night Bed Lacking Only a Toilet Sony BMG Sort of Drops DRM CES: Pepcom: Fujitsu Concepts - A few out-of-this-world concepts from Fujitsu. It’s People! Soylent Heat Is People! - A new office building being constructed near Stockholm’s Central Station plans to tap the rush of daily commuters as an economical source of heat. Flunked: 14 Signs of a Deficient Intellect (TheMishMash.com) New Year’s Tech Resolutions - These are resolutions that tech companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook should adopt, in Erick Shonfeld's opinion. Flickr to Authenticate Using OpenID Foliage Covered Botanical Building by Mass Studies - If you’re a fan of botanical architecture, this might just be the coolest building ever.

Daily Link Roundup

Unless you subscribe to Grinn Blog, you're probably not familiar with our Daily Links feature. This is because it has always been a subscriber-only feature. Daily Links is a list of articles we've felt were noteworthy, but weren't worth blogging ourselves either because they're already so well covered, or simply can't be said anymore about.

But, as a new-year's resolution of sorts, we've decided to make our Daily Links public to everyone who visits the site and have renamed it to the Daily Link Roundup. With that, I bring you today's notable links.

The Next Google Search Challenger: Blekko Is That a Projector In Your Pocket, Or... Oh, Shut Up - A blackberry-sized projector. Holy Hotspot! Mecca Gets Wall-to-Wall Wi-Fi! - Saudi Arabia has set up a mesh WiFi network. A Little Scary: Nano-Nukes Belkin Washable Mouse - Cheap, Simple And Cheetos Resistant 25 Skills Every Man Should Know: Your Ultimate DIY Guide Reuters Tech Week: Robots! - A neat little year-in-review for robotics. Man Jumps Onto NY Subway Track To Save iPhone - Seriously. Integrate Gmail and Google Calendar with Enhance Gmail - Greasemonkey script. Whopper Freakout - (Ghetto Version/NSFW)

10 CUTEST Gadgets of 2007

Most gadgets you come across have a sleek, modern, often black and soulless feel. You may want to hug your new iPhone for all its apps and icons, but few would call it "cuddly". With so many gadgets focusing purely on functionality and form, it's my joy to present to you (in no particular order) 10 of the cutest gadgets of 2007.

1. Chipmunk Webcam

They call it a bear, but I think it looks more like a chipmunk. This fella is a plush stuffed animal with a 1.3 megapixel webcam for its little nose. And you all said I was crazy for thinking my stuffed animals were placed there by the government to watch over me!

2. BooRu-BooRu Speakers

These stuffed aliens from Korea aren't just for cuddling. They come packed with a built-in FM radio, and have hookups to attach your iPod (or Zune if you got screwed this Christmas.) Its eyes, ears, and tummy act as the controls for the FM radio or your attached peripheral. You can order one of these Snork look-a-likes online for about $37, if you and your translator can make your way through the Korean site that sells them.

3. Rabbit Police Sirens

Only in Japan would they have police lights shaped like bunnies. The Osaka Prefectural Police Department reportedly purchased 800 of these rabbit-shaped strobe lights to mount on the roofs of their cars that patrol near schools. I guess the Osaka Police felt criminals had a little too much respect for them.

4. Humanculahub

This little fella is the original inspiration for this article. Quite simply, it's a USB hub shaped like a smiley little stick-figure. Not only is this functionally very practical, but you can make him dance around when you're bored! I'm not sure where to buy one though... Has anyone out there found one of these fellas for sale?

5. Vestalife Ladybug

If stuffed aliens aren't your thing, but you still want a cute speaker dock, the Vestalife Ladybug is for you. Closed, it is an orb that encompasses your iPod. Opened, it looks like a lady bug with it's wings deployed. It will charge your iPod when connected, runs on AC or battery power, and has the unique feature of being able to sync your iPod with your computer via the integrated USB port. You can't get one for Christmas though: Look for it's launch in January at CES.

6. Takara Tomy Air Filter

I guess a large portion of the Asian population of the world is all about some cuteness. This air filter from Takara Tomy (which you can pick up during your next trip to Japan for about $150) is designed to reduce the dust and pollution in your child's room while they sleep, but the child in all of us can appreciate its lovable likeness.

7. Pleo

Being a robotics enthusiast, I've wanted this baby robotic Camarasaurus since I first saw the video of the prototype. This thing is no mere toy. It's packed with all kinds of technology including a color camera, stereoscopic sound sensors, two infrared sensors, 14 servos, 106 gears, eight touch sensors, an electronic gyroscope, 4 foot switch sensors, and 2 speakers. With all that tech and the $349 price tag, this is one toy you'll want to keep away from your 2-year-old nephew.

8. Toasty

You'll probably have to feign excitement when you open that Christmas gift from your in-laws and find a toaster. That is, of course, unless that toaster is the Toasty Single Serving Toaster by designer Arthur Wu. It probably won't be though, since oasty has yet to go into production.

9. Tree Camera MP3 Player

This subdued little camera is carved from wood and is a fully functional mp3 player. It's only 5cm x 4.7cm x 3cm, and hangs around your neck with the supplied cord. On your trip to Japan to buy your Takara Tomy Air Filter, you can stop by Korea and pick one of these up for just $43.

10. Kitty in a Computer

Ok, so this isn't exactly a gadget, and this photo has been floating around the Interweb for decades so it's not really "of 2007", but it's just so gosh-darned cute!

Festo's Fluidic Muscles

Good design generally mimics nature. This is particularly true for Festo's Airic's_arm. This arm is designed after the human arm and includes many of the bones found in human arms including the "ulna and radius, metacarpal bone and finger bone, shoulder joint and shoulder blade". Those joints are moved by Festo's "Fluidic Muscle" technology, which allows for the fluid movement seen in the video above and this video from their site.

Read: Engadget, Festo