Vex kit – $179
Michael sent in this deal on Vex robotics – “Better post this one fast – They’re up for 180$ and shipping, Froogle says 300$ is normal.” – Link.
Month: March 2006
AirPOOT Express – Remote control fart machine
Rick writes – “The AirPOOT Express: How to use an Apple Airport Express as a remote control fart machine. Apple themed April Fools prankery” – Link.
Ford Festiva radiator water cools PC!
Tiny Little Life writes – “Since case mods are popping up on Make, I thought I’d mention mine. I put together a water-cooled PC using a radiator from a Ford Festiva, and took pictures of the process. A Ford Festiva is probably the only car with a small enough radiator to use for this sort […]
Texas Instruments Speak and Math Geetar Mod
Get LoFi has a h0t circuit bend – “This revolutionary Texas Instruments Speak and Math Geetar Mod is sure to turn heads after you strap it on and let the glitches rip Jimi Hendrix slylee. I would suggest that the builder used 1×1 inch for the case and PVC for the neck. Of course the […]
HOW TO – Make your sound sing with Vocoders
The O’Reilly Digital Media Center has a fun how to on making Cylon-y sounding voices – “You’ve heard their smoothly sexy yet alien voices. Vocoders are devices that make ordinary sounds sing or speak recognizable words. In this hands-on tutorial, Jim Aikin explains how vocoders perform their magic and how to set up your own […]
Robot fighting
Here’s some (more) video from the Robo-One 9 event held last week in Tokyo – [via] – Link. I love how the little red bot jogs around and pwns the other bots. Previous & related: OMNIZERO.2 – Technical robot marvel (Video) – Link. Robo-One 9: RAYERD-X – The Magical Robot (Video) – Link. Roomba fighting […]
Dremel releases new workstation
Aaron writes – “Dremel just got a lot of good press and reactions from their new Dremel Stylus. Looks like they’re continuing to expand in to new form factors with the Workstation, which allows a standard Dremel to be used as a mounted rotary tool and even as a drill press.” – Link. Not too […]
