Here’s a neat AVR – GPS – cell phone tracker project… This project is about GPS tracing. it works as follows: – GPS traces the position of the device via satelite – Somebody (who wants to know the position) calls the number of the GSM-Module – The Microcontroller noticed the call and ask the position […]
Remember those edible robots we posted up? Here’s another, a vegetable based giant cucumber robot hand!- Link.
The Solar BoGoLight is a 4 to 5 hour flashlight and battery charger. Best of all, when you buy one the company will send another one to a developing country of your choice – [via] Link, more & get one…
Here are some of my favorite posts from the CRAFT blog this week: Toilet Paper Origami – Link. Quiltbert – Q*Bert Video Game Quilt – Link. DIY Dagobah Diorama Craft – Link. HOW TO – Make Stickers – Link. Metal Ruler Magnetic Board – Link.
Wikipedia periodically publishes full data dumps of the encyclopedia’s content. If you wanted to make your own copy of the Wikipedia site for offline viewing, you’d typically convert and import that content into MySQL using MediaWiki’s importDump.php utility. The initial import process can take over a day. Building the indexes for searching articles takes even […]
Jennie points us to this tutorial on Sculpey.com on how to make your own stitch markers from clay. Link.
Wenda Gu’s “united nations: united colours” made from 7 or so miles of hair… …artist Wenda Gu’s latest installation provokes aren’t because of its size, but its contents: 420 pounds of human hair. A viewer’s first impulses are to lean forward and scrutinize the swirling, flattened locks; stealthily sniff (it doesn’t smell); and fight the […]
