Nick writes in regarding our “Industrial Archeology” post – “Glenn Grieco is building a model of the sidewheel steamer Heroine as part of his work in the Ship Model Shop at the Nautical Archaeology Program at the U of Texas. Some good pictures of the CNC milling and CAD models…He is working with the remains […]
At Etech I’m going to have a couple Roombas, one will run programs and zip around on its own, the other will be controlled by a PC via Bluetooth. Here’s a video of a quick test before I packed one of them away – Link (MP4). Right after Etech – the bots and their meat […]
The folks over on Sushicam are attempting to make a digital Lomo by coupling a Lomo LC-A f2.8 Minitar lens with an Epson R-D1 digital rangefinder, here’s part I – Link.
Rick writes – “In May of 2003, Colin Bock & I completed building a custom bike project for a woman named Heather. Heather really enjoys cycling. She used to ride both for recreation and for commuting to work, but Multiple Sclerosis made it impossible for her to ride her mountain bike. Far too often, when […]
Adric writes –“December of 2005, my dad decided to build a treehouse, but not just a simple one, He used a laser level to figure out how big of a supported platform he could build and then he drew it up on paper, then laid it out on the ground using poles and stakes. Then […]
007ben made a drawer light that lights up when opened, he writes – “I was tired of looking for things in the nightsand in the dark and didn’t want turn on the lamp on the nightstand”. – Link.
Henry has a cool little robot you can make, schematics and source included – “Cricket is an autonomous robot that walks around by moving all six legs using three motors. He avoids objects when touched by the feelers, chirps randomly, and blinks his lights. After touching an obstacle he makes various sounds depending on which […]
