HOW TO – Make a drawer light
007ben made a drawer light that lights up when opened, he writes – “I was tired of looking for things in the nightsand in the dark and didn’t want turn on the lamp on the nightstand”. – Link.
Month: March 2006
HOW TO – Make a “Cricket” the Robot
Henry has a cool little robot you can make, schematics and source included – “Cricket is an autonomous robot that walks around by moving all six legs using three motors. He avoids objects when touched by the feelers, chirps randomly, and blinks his lights. After touching an obstacle he makes various sounds depending on which […]
HOW TO – Make an over-the-bed computer cart
Efemmeral writes – “Does your laptop overheat? Neck cramps from those poorly made computer carts from staples? This is a simple to make cart that will make you and you computer happy at the same time.” – Link.
How LRAD works
HowStuffWorks has a great article on how LRAD works –“In November of 2005, pirates attacked a cruise ship off the coast of Somalia. The pirates had machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. But the cruise ship had a Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), which was credited with driving the pirates away by firing a beam of […]
Industrial Archeology
This is pretty interesting, using CAD to recreate machines that no longer exist – “Museums and history buffs have begun using CAD software for an exciting new application – breathing life into centuries past. “Industrial archeology” is the study and re-creation of machines, parts, vehicles, and buildings that may have vanished, been destroyed, gone obsolete, […]
The BBC did American Inventor 50 years ago
ABC’s American Inventor, produced by American Idol’s Simon Cowell’s starts up in a couple weeks (Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 8/7c) – but, putting inventors on TV to showcase their inventions has some interesting history – check out this article from Popular Mechanics 1955 on Modern Mechanix – Thanks Charlie! Link. Related: American Inventor – […]
From Edison’s Desk…
Here’s a new technology blog (& videos) that was recently launched by GE Global Research, GE’s R+D center. It’s called “From Edison’s Desk”. The site has entries directly from their researchers about the technology work they are doing – everything from nanotechnology (check out superhydrophobicity) and hydrogen energy to medical imaging and holographic data storage. […]
