links for 2009-11-07

• SoundRacer
  SoundRacer has a developed a special technology to sense and calculate the car engine rpm and produce the sounds of a powerful Super Sports Car engine. The sound changes as you drive and SoundRacer even increases the speed of the engine sound so that you can drive at a normal speed and still get a very exciting engine sound.

  A built in FM transmitter transfers the sounds on a selectable frequency to the car stereo system.

  (tags: car audio)
• A geek in Japan — Nakagin Capsule Tower
  The building consists of two big columns that form the core. 140 prefabricated capsules were added to this core, each of them attached to one of the two columns with four big screws. Capsules can be replaced by new ones as time passes by and they are built in a factory. The current capsules have a television, a bathroom, a mini-kitchen, a bed, two built-in closets and even a calculator.
  (tags: design architecture 日本)
• AVR homebrew device with iPhone aspirations – rossum's posterous
  October 27, 2009
  AVR homebrew device with iPhone aspirations

  Can you make an iPhone out of an AVR? No. Can you get a surprising amount of functionality out of a humble 8 bit processor and a cheap touch LCD? Yes.

  The iPhone runs more than 30 times faster (417Mhz ARM vs 12Mhz AVR) and has more than 30,000 times as much ram RAM (128M vs 4k) yet this frumpy little device can ape some of the iPhones neater tricks.

  (tags: opensource diy iphone embedded multitouch electronics)
• Espresso Knockboxes
  (tags: coffee shop)
• tunemiser
  Find the cheapest digital music online.
  (tags: search music mp3 buymp3)
• Kidonaki.be
  Kidonaki est un nouveau concept qui va initier une manière inédite de « faire un don ».

  Parallèlement aux sites d’enchères classiques, Kidonaki va organiser des transactions commerciales entre un vendeur et un acheteur, en y ajoutant un troisième opérateur : le bénéficiaire (une association, une ONG, une cause…).

  Autrement dit, le vendeur va renoncer au produit de sa vente en le cédant à une cause. L’acheteur reçoit donc l’objet qu’il paye, le vendeur fait un don sans débourser de « cash » et l’association bénéficiaire reçoit l’argent.

  (tags: gifts shopping)
• The Space Elevator Games
  This is the fourth year for the Space Elevator Games and each year the competition has grown more sophisticated. The first competition required teams to ascend a 50 meter tether at an average speed of 1 meters/second. The climbers were powered by spotlights provided by Spaceward. This year, to be eligible for the $2,000,000 prize, the competitors will be required to race their laser-powered vehicles up the 1 kilometer vertical steel cable at an average speed of 5 meters/second.
  (tags: space physics science contest future)
• Invoice Like A Pro: Examples and Best Practices – Smashing Magazine
  (tags: inspiration invoices)