Month: August 2007

iPhone accelerometer hacks

On the Medallia blog, Erling Ellingsen has been monkeying around with the accelerometer on the iPhone, some applications of which he demos in the above video. He writes: As it turns out, the iPhone has a built-in LIS302DL, a tiny 3-axis accelerometer. While some have attempted to use it from within the Safari browser (the […]

The Blaschka Marine Invertebrates

Meine Kleine Fabrik has a great write up about the discovery of these glass sea creatures that were found in a locked antique cabinet in the fall of 1957 at Cornell University. Turns out these glass beauties were highly detailed teaching models of ocean invertebrates, made by Leopold (1822-1895) and Rudolf (1857-1939) Blaschka of Dresden, […]

The Buckminster Fuller challenge

The Buckminster Fuller challenge

Help the world, win $100k with The Buckminster Fuller challenge – Buckminster Fuller’s prolific life of exploration, discovery, invention and teaching was driven by his intention “to make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or disadvantage of anyone”. Fuller coupled this intention with […]

FrankenToys for Pets

Aaron writes: My dog chews through toys rather quickly. In an effort to lengthen their lifespan I’ve begun cobbling them together with a needle and thread. I set up a flickr group for me (and anyone else) to post pics of their creations. Visit the Franken Toys Flickr group to join and add your creation. […]