DIY – Bernoulli’s Slalom
Intoon writes “Using some household materials and some basic physics, you can have a fun game that is playable for hours.” – Link.
Month: June 2006
LED Status display
Mike sent in this AVR based LED display for your PC – “LEDLoad is a device and software designed to display many shades of colors from green to red on your computer case LED. Colors are controlled completely by software and can be updated in real-time.” – Link.
Tensegrity cell phone holder
Wan writes “Based on the tensegrity coffee table article, we made a cell phone holder out of some sticks and fishing lines. We had a few false starts, a couple of complete failures, and learned a few things about tensegrity based structures from making this little scale model.” – Link. Related: Building Tensegrity Models. Make […]
Servo robot cat
Tempusmaster writes “Sugiura-san, the designer of Dynamizer – one of the top ROBO-ONE robots in Japan, created a very simple and cute robot cat design that only requires five servos.” – Link.
3D Circuit design for stereo microscopes
Here’s how to make a two camera field sequential 3D circuit, to view 3D pictures through a stereo microscope – Link.
Better phono jacks
Michael writes “Common RCA phono jacks come loose and can’t be retightened easily. This is a pointer to a better-built one that can be retightened from outside without rotating it, with pictures” – Link.
Laptop screen holder
Steve writes “I finally got tired of my powerbook’s screen falling down when I was reclining on the couch with it, so I made a clamp that holds the screen in place when I’m exploring the ergonomics of my couch. Included are photos of the actual device and a link to the sketch up file.” […]