How to Build Your Own Solar Cell

ShareBy Alice Hill
RealTechNews
If the phrase Stain the Titanium Dioxide with the Natural Dye doesn’t throw you and in fact makes you tingle with excitement, then today is your lucky day. We’re going to build our own solar cell. And if you have to ask why, may we suggest skipping this one, because this is for [...]

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Trebuchet – the Scariest Medieval Weapon Ever Made

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We don’t usually cover weaponry here at RTN, but most (if not all) of our greatest technical inventions have come from warfare. So today, we thought we’d get truly medieval on you and take a look at the trebuchet. Billed as the the most destructive medieval weapons ever made, I have to [...]

Wolfenstein 3d Finally Ported to the Ti-83 Graphing Calculator

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This has to be THE nerdiest thing I have ever seen, but someone has figured out a way to port Wolfenstein 3D to the Texas Instruments TI-83 graphing calculator.
Wolfenstein83
Description: No it’s not one of those slow and unplayable basic games. This is a real-time 3d-raycaster based on the game by id. Also includes [...]

Droogle – the Bartender’s Google

ShareThis will get smacked down faster than you can say Booble, but here’s another Google-style search engine for cocktail making. For those yearning to bring back Absinthe, here’s your chance.
Visit Droogle Here
and don’t forget ….Booble (porn) and Gizoogle (the hip hop search engine.) < –Hilarious

Amabuddy – Comparison Shopping By Phone

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Amabuddy is a very unique idea that enables the consumer to call a telephone number (617-712-3574) which tells you if Amazon has a better deal on either a book or music CD.
How it works:
Lets say your at Barnes and Noble and you find a book you wish to buy. Call Amabuddy and [...]

Build the Best Paper Airplane Ever

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Here’s a tidbit I don’t usually share, but remember when people say “what are you, some kind of rocket scientist?” I actually get a tad confused because my father is actually a rocket scientist. And at age 4 he taught me how to make a kick-ass paper airplane with fold down wing flaps [...]

Great Update to Adblock

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
I know a lot of you out there use FireFox, so I’m sure extensions are no new news to many of you. However, I’ve just discovered a recent enhancement to Adblock which should make many of you very happy. It’s called the Adblock Filterset.G Updater. For those of [...]

FM For Your iPod – It’s About Time!

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Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

Griffin Technology has announced the iFM. The FM receiver is a separate enclosed case which plugs into the iPod. It’s equipped with a digital display and the ability to act as a controller (fast forward, rewind, pause, play, volume). It can even RECORD off the FM feed (but only [...]