Mechanix Illustrated 1951 – “Tired Of TV? A certain New York executive was, so he took his 19 in. receiver, remounted the front on a swivel and now he and his friends find the set much more stimulating.” – Link. This is a pretty good idea, you could mount a flatscreen on a swivel / […]
Right now as I post my fingers are ice cold on this rainy day here in the Bay Area. Thanks to Rick who’s posted his DIY on Microwaveable Mitten Warmers up on Instructables. Rick says, ” I know it’s a little late in the season for this kind of thing (winter ended just a couple […]
David writes – “Photos and a write-up about a (non-functioning!) replica I built of the jetpack from the movie The Rocketeer.” – Link. If you want to check a working rocket pack, see “The Backyard rocketeer” – Link.
There are a million USB gadgets out there, and now USB has entered the art arena – using USB, artists from dialog 05 created wonderful exhibits using our favorite ubiquitous connector – “with all its possibilities and ambiguities as a medium for this project. we created installations, objects and products that are surprising, enlightening, inspiring […]
Eric from Phone Scoop writes – “the mm7500 (and the mm9000) can add gps data to the exif file when you take a picture. these are the first phones in the US with this capability. cdma phones in japan have been doing this for years and they have some really neat photo services over there […]
Nice interview on littlemathletics.com with the folks from PainStation – “It’s a two player table console that dishes out real pain to bad player’s. People have to place one hand on a so called “PainExecutionUnit” and play an enhanced version of the game “Pong”. If one player misses the ball he gets a dose of […]
Duck Image is working on a e-paper bag that changes color and uses EL wire. It’s about as TRON as you can get. Thanks Sylvain! [via] – Link. If you want to make your own version now, we have a how to! Make a glowing, wearable, EL-Wire, blinky light using open source tools – Link.
