Raphael sent in this rad Atari style joystick/controller to USB adapter – “When playing games from the 8bit computer era, I believe that gameplay is better using a real joystick from the time. It’s more fun :) Many people like me have been happy doing this with simple homebuilt parallel port adapters for years but […]
Wow! Day 2 of Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle was even busier that the first day! Over 150 people were in line before doors opened at 11am. Bre and I were busy over at the CRAFT table but we each took shifts so we could check out the other cool vendors and goods. Thanks so […]
Shawn from the Society for Amateur Scientists sent out this deal on DNA kits for SAS members (you can still get them if you’re not a member) – ‘Extracting DNA’ is by far the most popular experiment SAS has ever developed within the Labrats lessons or without. In fact, in the last few months hundreds […]
Hubert writes – “The goal is to build a very low cost X Y scanner for a laser pointer, this X Y scanner must be able, from a PC, to display fixed or animated simple pictures or some characters. Problem is, of course, to build very fast actuators. Ultra fast galvo are very expensive…” [via] […]
This spud gun, is more than a just a spud gun, it’s the SGTC Mega-Launcher. It uses 20 and 24 ounce soda bottles as ammo, shooting them about 300 to 400 yards, this is crazy. Specs: Twin 6″ x 36″ sch 40 chambers. (2035 cu. in.) Dual Supah-Valves. 8′ long, 3″ dia. sch 80 barrel. […]
Oblongata writes – “This will show you one way to build yourself a Ski Bike (aka Snow Bike, Skibob, Skike, or Skicycle). It is a downhill only machine and if you like bikes a lot, then it will probably keep a stupid grin plastered on your face all the way down whatever crazy hills you […]
History of HP’s DVM (digital voltmeter), there first ones sold for $2,300 (1953) and now you can get them for $5! – “It may seem odd dedicating a page of this computer-oriented Web site to digital voltmeters, but digital instrumentation played a key role in the success of the HP 9825 desktop computer. The HP […]
