Airbrushed computers, laptops, gadgets…
Jim “Smooth” Saling’s company Smooth Creations does incredible airbrush art on laptops, mice, iPods, cases and pretty much anything else you plug in. [via] Link.
Month: February 2006
Wind-powered animal-like machines…
Charles writes – “Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest – Wind-powered, animal-like art machines constructed from recycled materials. The videos are poor quality, but the organic nature of how the constructs move is absolutely astonishing.” Link.
American Inventor – first look, the TV commercial
Inventor Underground (a place for inventors to go if they didn’t make the cut on ABC’s new American Inventor show) has a new podcast and the first TV ad from American Inventor. I’m about to hop on a plane and don’t have time to comment on this yet, so how about you check it out […]
See Google Maps – at night
Here’s a Google Map mashup that combines the huge NASA image of the earth at night (more about that here) and a Google maps interface so you can zoom in and out. [via] Link.
HOW TO – Make a Zen micro/USB wall charger from a phone charger
Cvesey has good how to for Makers across the pond with Zen micros – “Use an old cell phone charger and a usb socket extention cable to make a wall charger (this does not come boxed with the zen micro)…” Link.
iPod Sock Puppet – the video…
Awhile ago we made an iPod sock puppet, at the time, it seemed like it needed to be done. Well, someone else did it too and made a video, we’re really sorry. Here’s the video.
HOW TO – Enhance the functionality of many screwdrivers…
Yawfle has an Instructable on making your screwdrivers better – “Most of the phillips (or “crosspoint”) screwdrivers that I’ve come across have tip geometry that can be improved a great deal with a little grinding. The simple process shown here probably delivers the most improvement for the least effort, in the largest number of cases… […]