Matthias Wandel has the coolest project ever, a binary marble computer – It had occurred to me that perhaps with an insane amount of perseverance, it might be possible to build a whole computer that runs on marbles. My second marble machine was however much less based on logic – more on just making lots […]
Radwriter on craftster.org made a perfect arm rest organizer that’s complete with a pincusion and pockets to hold her embroidery supplies and working projects. [ via ] Link.
A maker sent in this rad carbon fiber Xbox 360 controller, but there isn’t any information on how it was made… That’s OK we have a great tutorial on this! – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Working with Carbon Fiber. Form, lay up, and cure your own high-performance composites. Read this article in MAKE: […]
Here’s a pretty nice parallel port oscilloscope – This oscilloscope uses the SPP or EPP parallel port (LPT1) for reading the data from ADC. If your LPT1 is an ECP then the program automatically switches the LPT1 in byte mode (normal mode). BUT, not all parallel ports (LPT ports) are bidirectional. “Bidirectional” means, that except […]
The site is in German, but it looks like there’s enough to make your own LED dimmer, source and schematic included… Link.
Here’s a neat design that will likely be (re)made or end up stores, an alarm clock you step on to turn off… Link.
When you look through the little glass/mirror you can see the entire ship, clever work from 1744-ish… An anamorphic painting, a composition that can only be viewed with a special mirror that restores the deformed image. This example was originally attributed to Van de Velde, a Dutch artist, but its origins are now uncertain. Painted […]
