We have featured a number of DIY and homemade alarm clocks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is the creation of Mike Krumpus from Nootropic Design, the Defusable Alarm Clock.

As you can see from the photo and video below, the Defusable Alarm Clock is designed to look like a bomb, and it is a fully functional alarm clock, the only way to shut it up when it goes off is to correctly diffuse it.

The Defusable Clock is a fully-functional alarm clock just like you’d expect (a normal beeping alarm, snooze alarm, etc.). But at any time you can press the big red button to start a scary countdown sequence exactly like bombs in Hollywood movies. There are 4 wires across the top of the clock. You have 10 seconds to choose the correct wire to cut: one wire stops the countdown and saves the day, two have no effect, and one will "detonate” the device immediately.< ... Read more »

you have ever needed to recharge your mobile devices while riding and longed for your bike to be equipped with a

USB port. Bike maker Silverback has now unveiled a solution with its new line of  Starke bikes which now come

equipped with a USB port for charging or powering devices as you cycle.

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Within the frame of the new range of bikes Silverback has installed a USB port on top of the head-tube which is

powered by an internal dynamo fitted in the front wheel hub, providing your devices with juice as you cycle.

The new range of Silverback bikes were unveiled at last weeks Interbike show but as yet Silverback has not released

any information on prices only stating that the new r ... Read more »

The majority of new cars on the road today come with LED headlights, they are more efficient and brighter than the

older headlights, but now BMW are testing out a new type of headlight which they are hoping will replace LED

headlights.

BMW are currently working on developing Laser headlights, which could be up to 1,000 times brighter than the existing

LED ones and also use less energy.

According to BMW the new laser headlights will be much brighter, and  also ‘very pleasant’ to they eye so I guess we

don’t have to worry about being blinded by these new laser headlights.

There are no details as yet when BMW will introduce the laser headlights to their production cars, but we can expect to

see the first ones some time within the next few years.

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This week at the IFA in Berlin Sony has unveiled a new product in the form of a lenticular sheet VGP-FL3D15A, a 3mm thick sheet that allows you to convert any laptop screen into a glasses-free 3D panel.

The 3mm panel can be attached to the front side of any notebook LCD panel transforming it into a glasses-free 3D display. The sheet has been developed for Sony’s Vaio VPCSE1Z9E (S series), as an optional extra. But when the new notebook is released by Sony in October the new lenticular sheet will also be available to purchase separately for around $180 or €129.

The size of the sheet is roughly the same as a 15.5 screen and is constructed is a way for it to create parallax by arraying lenses that are thin and long and have a semicircular cross section.

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In an interview this week Rick Dean senior VP of THX explained that his company was looking at the possibility to start pursuing an THX certification process for smartphones and tablets devices in the future.

Together with applications that would be able to enhance the quality of the sounds from smartphones and tablet devices but, but Dean wouldn’t unveil any specific plans the company had within this area.

Dean explains:

"Five years ago, I said that we should really get into the mobile audio world, but they said, ‘You can’t get a theatrical experience out of that, you’re listening to it with earbuds.’” – "But look at the way that music is consumed today,”.

No timescales has been mentioned for the rollout of the new THX certificate system but it will be interesting to see which are the first devices to ... Read more »

Traveling in a mega yacht is certainly a delightful experience. However, the real complexity lies in identifying the ship’s layout. To help passengers stay devoid of the confusion, the Electronic Ticket concept has been introduced. It employs interactive technology that helps explain the yacht’s layout as well as distribution of functional zones.

The Electronic Ticket is set with the necessary information when sold and checked while the passenger boards the yacht. The information is then cleared off after recovering the ticket and is recycled. This facility helps the ship’s management to have an eye on all passengers and make certain the secure disembarkation of all.

Its advanced light sensor module helps alter the screen’s brightness according to the environment, enabling the commuter to read the ticket, even ... Read more »

The bug bounty program launched by Facebook three weeks ago, which pays independent security experts for highlighting security flaws in the platform of the social networking site, has paid out $40,000 in less than a month.

Exactly a month ago, Facebook launched a scheme that offered payments to bug hunters who reported flaws in the site’s security system.

On Monday, the social networking giant announced that in the space of just three weeks the bug bounty program has paid out over $40,000 to people who’ve helped identify problems, with one particular bug spotter pocketing over $7,000 for reporting six different issues. Another expert picked up $5,000 for a single report.

In a blog post on Mo ... Read more »

On August 24, a Russian Soyuz rocket failed at its third stage. It was unmanned but the unexpected disaster has checked further scheduled launches from Kazakhstan. Thanks to the multilateral connectivity of American, Russian, and European space programs this set back could leave the ISS unmanned by year’s end.

At the moment there are three astronauts up at the ISS and their robot pal (that would be Mr. Robonaut 2, not Bender). If tests on the Soyuz boosters propelling manned rockets are to go ahead, the resulting delays could force NASA to cancel further missions. A major bummer, since the ISS was only completed in may this year.

 

This unprecedented setback is now being construed as a new low for what passes as a global space program. Since the Russians are more fixated on commercializing low orbit and NASA is hampered by a lack of finances, mankind’s destiny in the stars ... Read more »

The space shuttle might be consigned to museums, but NASA is still earnest in its bid to provide the best equipment. This explains why Draper are hard at work on a new spacesuit concept. The goal is to allow astronauts to work better in zero gravity conditions. So far there are no available images of what a protype would look, but a test arm will be unveiled in the coming months, next year latest.


Source Draper

This just in from a lab in New Orleans: A team of scientists have discovered a bacterial strain that reduces old newspapers to a viable substance whose applications include car fuel. The hero of this particular breakthrough is TU-103. The magic part is when it comes into contact with cellulose derived material, e.g. paper, it produces butanol.

 

Butanol? To think it was first discovered by the scientists involved in this particular breakthrough in samples of animal feces. Turns out butanol and cellulose, which is found in all plant life on Earth, are a fine mix when alternative fuels are needed. What makes butanol superior to the much more popular ethanol is it’s an instant substitute to gasoline, requiring no changes in car engineering.

 The newspaper discovery came in as the scientists–David Mullin, Harshad Valenkar, and Hailee Rask–were experimenting wit ... Read more »