Rune Olsen’s sculptures
Rune Olsen makes incredible sculptures from graphite, masking tape, newspaper and other common materials… – [via] Link.
Month: June 2007
Fabric Ball Necklace Tutorial
Cat of Cut Out + Keep shows you how to make a fun necklace out of fabric scraps. Link.
HOW TO – Connecting a 3.3V device to a 5V microcontroller
Spark Fun has a simple breakdown of the various ways to interface 3.3V logic devices to 5V logic devices – If you’ve ever tried to hook up a 3.3V sensor to a 5V micro, you know what I’m talking about – connecting these two can be a problem! There are several ways in which a […]
HOW TO – Make a triple barrel PIC controlled spud gun
Bill Gurstelle, this one is for you, a triple barrel PIC controlled spud gun – This project is definitely not small potatoes — three barrels loaded with spuds and charged with propane! Two PIC microcontrollers handle the User Interface, Azimuth and Elevation Aiming and Fire Control functions. Aiming is controlled with a joystick. The Fire […]
RoboGames Fri-Sun, June 15-17
RoboGames Fri-Sun, June 15-17! If you’re in the Bay Area, don’t miss this and get tickets! Holy Heck, The International RoboGames is coming up and this year it’s going to be a doozy! At Maker Faire you saw a tiny segment of what’s going to go on at Fort Mason Center in two weeks: cocktail […]
Win a Sherline lathe @ SmartFlix
Travis writes in – I founded SmartFlix after I purchased a Sherline metalworking lathe and then realized that I didn’t know what to do with it (so I ended up buying a bunch of metalworking videos…). Now, SmartFlix is giving away a brand shiny new Sherline 4000 lathe. Basically, every time you rent a metalworking […]
Solar Prius kit
These kits from SEV (Solar Electric Vehicles) can boost your fuel efficiency from 17 to 29%… – The major automobile manufacturers are producing hybrid automobiles, which are part electric and part gasoline powered. Could these automobiles take another step and obtain some of their fuel from the sun? Solar Electrical Vehicles has developed a prototype […]