This is coolest thing ever, a real 1940 Ford turned into a scale model, complete with paint! A lot of effort went into making this. Ed had the idea and my ’40 was picked because most of the big parts are black (DP 90) and is still a project, so it was posible to use […]
Ladyada writes – Looks like Atmel is doing a promotion. I paid $79 for my STK500. Now you’d get 2 top-of-the-line microcontroller dev boards for less than the price of one. Super useful for those strange times when you need to do some HV programming or want to prototype something fast! AVRDEVKIT1-ND from DigiKey, its […]
Pop Sci’s Theodore Gray show you how to make your own “spark plug” – A Spark plug is one of those humble, anonymous things without which the world would grind–or rather coast–to a halt. And like many underappreciated cogs in the machine, it has a really hard life. A good modern plug will endure 300 […]
No, it doesn’t shred hamsters – it’s an installation from artist Tom Ballhatchet. As the little critter runs on the wheel, it powers the shredder to make more bedding, or at least that’s the concept – [via] Link.
Austin makers, dorkbot-austin is tonight! dorkbot7 April 12 7PM Cafe Mundi (1704 east 5th st) http://www.dorkbotaustin.org One of the projects involves large, open flames. Need we say more? Line-up: Edwin Wise (http://www.simreal.com/mt/edwin/) – Rubens Tube Marvin Neibuhr (http://www.intelligentdesigns.blogspot.com/) – Screamin’ BabyHead lead Singer is now complete. Oh no. Silona Bonewald’s League of Technical Voters (http://leagueoftechnicalvoters.org/) […]
This is awesome, reallife xeyes! – [via] Link.
This “Hobbyhorse” from Popular Science 1936 reminds me of those new fangled springy bicycle/scooters I’ve seen advertised around, might be a good (re)make – Link.
