EID electronic kits
EID has a ton of fun kits to check out (many of them super simple and great for learning). The temperature and USB kits look really interesting – Link. Related: Kit archives @ MAKE – Link. Kits from the Maker store – Link.
Month: April 2007
‘lectronics in a bottle
Here’s an Atari Punk Console build inside a light bulb – glasware-electronics “ships in bottle”-style, Thanks Koelse! Link.
Camera from an old photocopier, projectile-launchers, CD changing machines
Matthias page has a lot of home-brew projects to check out: how to make a digital camera from an old photocopier, projectile-launchers, CD changing machines, good stuff – Link.
Art bots!
The art bots are in Philly @ the The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery (thanks Jim!) – Robots, once only limited to the realm of imagination, now permeate our daily lives, used widely for exploration of sea and space, labor and industry, medicine, military and police. But what happens when a few renegade artists, scientists […]
PICAXE PICAXE PICAXE
Rick writes – All you wanted to know about using, interfacing and programming a PIC microprocessor system. The UK equivalent to STAMP but a lot cheaper. Many projects available and a new faster expanded range of processors out in May 07. PICAXE – Link. Related: Picaxe Metronome – Link. Picaxe Microprocessors – Link. MedCosm Picaxe […]
WWII cut away images
Here’s a huge gallery of WWII tech drawings – In the Second World War people at home with loved ones spread far away around the world with the forces were fed a diet, often government backed, of “how it works” or “how we will win” technical information leaflets. Very often these would have contained superb […]
Stone mats
This would make a great (re)make a stone mat / bath mat! You can probably just caulk some collected stones on an existing mat – [via] Link.
