It has begun. The WiFi robot bunny invasion. Toms Bunny writes in with more projects for the WiFi bunny – “My nabaztag dev site, I’ve created a gAIM plugin for the nabaztag and a UK lottery notifier (with some cunning crontab entries and PHP scripts)” – Link. Then head over to Ben Hammersley’s blog for […]
What can you do with 3 billion pounds of waste chicken feathers? Make circuit boards – “The low-down on feathers. A micrograph of feathers shows hollow keratin fibers, a light, tough material. These fibers are combined with a soy-based epoxy to make printed circuit boards that are not only recyclable but also faster than conventional […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member TommyBear turned a $5 Staples Easy Button into a switch for his garage door. Here’s how you do it, easy! – Link. Previous: Circuit Bending is Easy – Link.
Here’s a DIY imaging system that uses four different wavelengths from LEDs for detecting melanoma [via] – Link.
Pom-Poms are back “in” these days and if you ever want to master the art of making your own smaller pom-poms, Bella Dia has a great tutorial on how to do it. This is a fun way to embellish any of your craft projects whether you are making a laptop bag (nice to have colorful […]
I have some shoes that are made from old tires, and here are some sandals you can make yourself, also made from old tires – [via] – Link. Previous: Shoes made from recycled stuff… – Link.
Linux cluster, made from 65 PlayStation 2s! – “The NCSA has constructed a PlayStation 2 Linux cluster as a test bench for scientific computation on “toy” hardware. The cluster consists of 65 compute nodes, 4 user login and development nodes, and 1 prototype node for software installation tests. All the nodes run the Sony Linux […]
