Online drawing lessons
Brenda Hoddinott created an incredibly comprehensive drawing tutorial site with sections for beginners, intermediates and advanced – I dusted off my tablet awhile back, but nothing beats real graphite and paper… [via] – Link.
Month: August 2006
HOW TO – Build electronic dice
“Spots Before Your Eyes” build electronic dice to use with all your board games – “Popular Electronics Magazine, September 1967” – Link. More: Dice rolling machine made from LEGOs – Link. Dual Electronic Dice Kit K3400 – ApogeeKits – Link.
Nixie clocks & kits for collectors and designers
TubeHobby has a pretty nice selection of Nixie tube kits that I haven’t seen around until now… like this GPS Nixie clock dev board – “NCDB V1.3 is a GPS Nixie Clock without enclosure. Clock contains main board and tube’s board with IN-8-2 nixie tubes. Board is fully assembled, ultrasonically washed and tested…This flexible, professionally […]
DIY X-Ray machine
Here’s a DIY X-ray Machine from The Scientific American Book of Projects for The Amateur Scientist (1960) – “From an old radio tube, some copper wire, and other inexpensive materials — total cost: roughly $20 — you can construct an X-ray machine that will make good pictures through an inch of wood.” – Link. Previous: […]
Paper boat
Earlier this week we had a laptop bag made from newspapers, and here’s a boat – Flickr user n2self writes – “Made from a base of cardboard and some sheets of thin foam insulation all held together with duct tape and papier mache. The last layer is our local paper called, appropriately, “the paper”. “ […]
Add 2G to your controller
Max writes – “Here’s how to add a 2 Giga-byte SD Card storage to any app w/ serial communications.” – Link.
One million pennies
I always wondered what one million pennies would look like in person and what would be a way to contain them all – “This clear lucite case about the size of a refrigerator holds one million pennies and is currently stored at the Jewish Community Center as part of a Holocaust memorial project.” [via] – […]