Year: 2006

LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT goes open source

LEGO isn’t messing around, they’re open sourcing their firmware for their processor – “The LEGO Group today announced that for the first time it will release as open source the firmware of the LEGO MINDSTORMS microprocessor – the new NXT brick – the core component of its next generation robotics toolset. Additionally, the company announced […]

Trading Card Notebooks

Trading Card Notebooks

Our crafty friend Bonnie over at starwars.com has done it again. Bonnie says, “When you need a little notebook to jot down an idea or write a to-do list, there never seems to be one handy. Now you can make your own pocket-sized notebooks out of scrap paper and Star Wars trading cards. These tiny […]

DIY Tube lamp 1.1

DIY Tube lamp 1.1

Super J Dynamite writes – “This is an attempt to build a Nik Willmore style tube lamp without dropping $225. Pictured here (without the cover) is the completed lamp. It has a few issues, most of which center around the triac used for dimming, so I think I’m going to make one more. “ – […]