Design News Gadget Freak has a new how to on making an audio amplifier muting circuit – “Ever turned on your car stereo and BOOM! the woofers unexpectedly jumped out for one filling-loosening bass note? Just great, you’ve just been diagnosed with turn-on thump — either due to an amp that never had a muting […]
Petercd has an Instructable on using a 1mW laser pointer as a laser incidence meter – (used for testing the trueness of an aircraft wing). Link.
There’s an interesting post over on Modern Mechanix, in 1958 it seems like there was some development on flash screen TVs, but it was stalled with patents / licensing and standards issues – Link.
Clickable Culture spotted this autonomous Xbox 360 that tracks and blogs 8 players – not sure of the specifics on how/what/why the makers are doing this, but I suspect we’ll find out more shortly. Turning a web connected console in to a smart object seems like a natural fit. So for now, bloggers, you’re all […]
Ok FlickrMakers – a few of you emailed us and asked about “what to tag” your photos with at Maker Faire – we’re going with makerfaire and makerfaire2006 – tag away! Tags / makerfaire – Link. Tags / makerfaire2006 – Link. Pictured here, the making of the LED dining room table that will make an […]
LOGIZTIX’s instructions for building your own electronic drums – “Building your own electronic drum pads may seem like a difficult task. The concepts behind electronic triggering are actually quite simple. A piezo acts much like a microphone. It picks up shock waves and passes them to your drum module to interpret. The trick is getting […]
Neat – this looks like a lot of fun, a video game is projected on to a 3D structure / sculpture and you move the little character around the surfaces. More: xBlocks – Link. See it at Salone (photoset) – Link. Fabbrica del Vapore – Link. Update: Added video.
