Underwater robot competition (photos)
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 has a ton of photos from the underwater robot competition, MATE (Marine Advanced Technology Center) sponsored by NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ) – Link.
Year: 2006
Dinosaur Sightings old computer gear…
ZDNet has a gallery of some interesting old systems, called “Dinosaur sightings” – Link. Pictured here on the right, it’s not a clothes washer, it’s a Digital Equipment Corporation’s RP-04 – Link.
Mini Gaussian gun (video)
Here’s a video of a mini Gaussian gun in action – [via] – Link. We show you how to build your own in MAKE 01 – Gauss Rifle. A linear accelerator for studying high-energy physics costs around $5 billion. But you can make one for about 30 bucks with four strong magnets, a wooden ruler, […]
Magnetic Induction Gun (video)
Shaled2010 writes – “This video shows a working magnetic induction projectile launcher. These “rail guns” as they are almost always called (quite often improperly) use Lenz’s Law as the basis for throttling a ferromagnetic projectile from rest to incredible speeds. You see the arc flash in the gun on the right and the target tumble […]
Self heating cans pulled
BevNet has an article about those calcium oxide based self heating cans we took apart, despite our best efforts we couldn’t get them to be very dangerous – “Once considered the “next big thing” by excited coffee lovers and technology buffs alike, the Wolfgang Puck Self-Heating Latte is being withdrawn from shelves because of concerns […]
HOW TO – Slingplayer on OSX
James shows you how to watch TV on a Macbook & a Slingbox – “I decided to make a project out of getting Slingbox setup today. Not knowing for sure if it would work on OSX, I got everything setup using only OSX and Parallels VM running Windows XP. This took about 2 hours to […]
HOW TO – Convert a photo to a single layered stencil
Stencil revolution shows you how to make a stencil from a color photo, using Photoshop GiMP/GiMPShop will work as well – [via] Link.