Learn about physics from Walter Lewin (videos)
Lots of fun video that will leave you laughing -and- learning physics from Walter Lewin of MIT. Physics I course, physics II course, & physics III course. [via] Thanks Nat!
Month: February 2006
See Robot actors in NYC
We’re getting close to a robot lead on Broadway…“Meredith Finkelstein and Cindy Jeffers developed five robots for Heddatron, a play written by Elizabeth Merriweather, directed by Alex Timbers and produced by the Les Freres Corbusier theatre company. The play runs from February 8 to the 25 at HERE Theater (NYC).”[via] Link.
NES controller DS case mod
Here’s a pretty cool mod to make a Nintendo DS look like an old NES controller. [via] Link.
Wi-Fi to go & make your own…
David Pogue at the New York times has a round up of “portable hot spots” you can use to provide WiFi wherever you go, including one of my favorite ones – the Junxion box – Link. I use an EVDO card with my Mac and broadcast WiFi when traveling, but you can also make your […]
MAKEbot – new features!
We’re trilled to announce some new features on the MAKEbot. The MAKEbot delivers the best of MAKE all to your buddy list. MAKEbot is an Instant Message bot you can talk to and get the latest news, “pings”, photos, bookmarks, projects, audio/video and more from MAKE from any computer or your phone! Click here to […]
Touch screen for $39
More cheap-electronics-for-parts! This is a good one, a touch screen you put on your PC for $39 – it’s meant for little kids to point and play games, but I bet you can use this as a touch screen for other things. [via Michael on the Dorkbot list] Link.
Virtual Breadboarding in Linux…
James sent in an open source Linux program that does all the things we previously posted (the Windows based “Virtual Breadboarding“) and much more (including PIC compilation, modeling, and programming – “KTechlab provides a powerful environment for electronic circuits and microcontrollers. This includes simulation of a variety of components (logic, integrated, linear, nonlinear and reactive), […]