Brian writes in – I built this a few years ago. I had seen all the nice hexapod kits from lynxmotion. I figured I could do the same thing, but for less money. So I got 12 servos, an OOPic microcontroller (www.oopic.com), and a bunch of basswood from the local hobby shop. I had just […]
Pop Sci has an amazing gallery from Nikon’s annual Small World Competition, some of the photos are of subjects less than half a millimeter! Link. Pictured here, Erpobdella octoculata (fresh water leech), magnified 25x. Photograph by Vera Hunnekuhl
Bunnie posted up more in the “Made in China” videos/article series. It’s a really interesting view in to what actually goes in design, development and bringing a product to market when you go overseas, in this case the open source “Chumby” a Wi-Fi clock-like companion that does interactive applications… Link. More: Made in China: Automation […]
Here’s a giant collection of old magazine articles, a few maker-like magazines are in there too. Three Drink Minimum (Popular Mechanics, 1912) — “In a desperate effort to stimulate egg production, a French poultry farmer turns his chickens into drinking buddies.” Ok, maybe not that one exactly…- [via] Link.
Michael writes – I thought I’d send you a link to a project I’ve been working on for the past two weeks. I’m a software guy, not a hardware guy but it might still be interesting to some of your readers that are just learning micro-controller programming. diyhandheld – DIY Handheld Electronic Game – Link.
Rob writes in with some IKEA hacking and TechShopping’ – Here is project that I did @ the Techshop. I used all IKEA parts and created a coffee table from a countertop, a planter box, desk legs and LED light strips. How 2 Point Oh: Ikea Hack Coffee Table with Reccesesd Planter and LED Light […]
If you have an iPhone and watch long movies (usually from ripped DVDs) leaving the phone in the dock doesn’t cut it, the iPhone needs to be horizontal. I usually have CNN, ABC or a few hours of news on my phone and like to leave it on my desk while I work but you […]
