Clever approach to fight tick-borne diseases – “A tick-exterminator designed by three engineering undergrads at the Virginia Military Institute scours yards for ticks and nabs them with its pesticide-laced denim skirt.” [via] Link. Interesting, iRobot may want to consider chatting with these fellows – a ruggedized Roomba, with its AI, and this approach could work […]
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is here – Wikipedia on your iPod, uses iPod linux – “Encyclopodia is a free software project that brings the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias on the world, on the Apple iPod MP3-Player. It has been successfully tested on a third-generation iPod and on an iPod […]
Homebrew action is hitting hard today, PepsiMan has a DS browser, he writes – “I didn’t think we’d ever get a web browser running in DSLinux, but I was proved wrong when phestar compiled retawq for DSLinux. DSLinux has beaten Nintendo/Opera by releasing the first web browser for the DS.” [via] Link.
A wonderful collection of things that make music, Mike writes – “Here are most of the projects I’ve built/modified from 2000 to present. Click on each picture to see the details of the instrument. Some of the older projects will just have a sound sample when you click rather than link to another page with […]
Robot-Dreams.com has some great videos and history of a reborn Armatron – “Every “roboteer” worth their salt remembers “Armatron”, the fantastic robot arm from Tomy, and marketed by Radio Shack in the US during the early 1980’s. Well, it turns out that a group of Japanese roboteers also must have some pretty fond memories of […]
SiLight writes – “SI-Light is a experimental computer controlled home lighting system. It started with the goal of individually addressable RGB light modules that could be used to tie-dye or acid-warp my studio apartment. It is a combination of hardware, firmware, and software that was written over a few days in the summer of 2005, […]
Whipup has posted some of its recent favorite posts and there are a bevy of new projects and ideas that will cure the dreary winter doldrums. I love these suncatchers and the scrappy owls with matching cards. Thanks Kath! We are loving the site! Link.
