Five 60-foot dish antennas at Stanford, known as the Bracewell Observatory, are about to be demolished by the school. Bob Lash organized the Friends of the Bracewell Observatory Association to help rescue the dishes and he’s done all that he can do to persuade Stanford to stop the demolition. Yet it could happen any day, […]
Griffon writes – “This is an entertaining article that extensively details putting a DVD player in a NES case and making it look as close to the original NES as possible. The article even has a video of it in action! He even got the reset button of the NES to eject the tray. Really […]
Here’s how Whirlpool’s #1 product, the washing machine, is made in Clyde, Ohio USA (yay!) – “The video you are about to watch takes you step-by-step on how a washing machine is made, from the seam welding, basket expansion, spiral design hole punch, the various layers of paint coating & firing, to tub support & […]
Emeka from the Timbuktu Chronicles writes – “In the tradition of the developing worlds version of Make, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology students and car tinkerers from Suame Magazine and elsewhere have entered a vehicle for the Mini Baja competition.” – Link. Related: Mod Your Rod. James Bond depended on Q to trick […]
“A fake falcon and a radar-activated cannon work better at keeping birds away from oilsands waste than the current system, according to research from the University of Alberta.” [via] Link.
Maxxuss of Apple Mac OS X on Intel fame is freeing more hardware and applications for all of us – Thanks to his patch Skype on AMD processors can now do 10-way calling. You see, there’s a limit to the number of participants you can if (5) unless you have an Intel processor (10) – […]
Kevin in Seattle had an old Superman pinball machine and decided to mod it to become a Futurame pinball game. It even plays episodes on a built in LCD screen – Thanks James! – [via] Link.
