Nice interview on littlemathletics.com with the folks from PainStation – “It’s a two player table console that dishes out real pain to bad player’s. People have to place one hand on a so called “PainExecutionUnit” and play an enhanced version of the game “Pong”. If one player misses the ball he gets a dose of […]
Duck Image is working on a e-paper bag that changes color and uses EL wire. It’s about as TRON as you can get. Thanks Sylvain! [via] – Link. If you want to make your own version now, we have a how to! Make a glowing, wearable, EL-Wire, blinky light using open source tools – Link.
David writes – “Every morning, I pedal to generate electricity. The Pedal Generator charges batteries, that run an inverter, that produces 110v AC, that powers LED lights, the monitor on my computer, and many other small battery-powered things. It is the most inspiring workout you can imagine. “ [via] – Link. There are plans available […]
Yellowsheepriver is making a $149 computer, their slogan is “Say no to Wintel” – the machine runs pretty much all the software most folks need and sports some nice specs for the price – 40GB HDD, a 400mhz/800mhz Godson 2C processor, 256MB RAM, 4 USB2 ports, VGA-output, PS2 input, TV-output [via] – Link & video […]
Jon writes – “Transpodder monitors all of your tv shows and puts them on your iPod automatically. With no effort or interaction. Bittorrent + RSS + iPod! Transpodder is a combination of simple tools and simple technologies. It uses FFMPEG to transcode your content and podcasting to get it onto your iPod. With the right […]
I’ll post up all the details and code how to do this shortly, but I just wanted to confirm that it is indeed possible to send messages based on activity, presence and all sorts of other things from a virtual rabbit in Second Life to a Wi-Fi enabled rabbit with servos in real life (Nabaztag) […]
Jean-Louis writes – “The Lifter works without moving parts, flies silently, uses only electrical energy and is able to lift its own weight plus an additional payload. The Lifter uses the Biefeld-Brown effect discovered by Thomas Townsend Brown in 1928. The basic design of the Lifter has been fully described in the Townsend Brown US […]
