Here’s an interesting story from “Pages of Rages” about traveling with a micro-controller programmer – Yesterday I flew out of Rapid City, SD as part of some work I’m doing. I was in the security line when I heard my name paged. This crack security staff was digging through my bag. They were concerned because […]
Jason writes – Ed Paradis has put some thought into a couple of hacks for the Hot Wheels toy radar gun. You can use the radar to detect the speed of moving objects, but Ed also posted some semi-successful (and some not-so, but worth reading) experiments with using the device in a custom circuit to […]
Becky writes – Livejournal user vomitsaw has created these printed circuit board (PCB) bracelets to look like skulls! No word as to whether they’re for sale, but the etched copper and AV plug fasteners make these a geek-chic must have. Skull PCB Bracelet – [via] Link.
I think I like these painstakingly detailed model railroad slums from artist Peter Feigenbaum more than the pristine happy versions – [via] Link.
Matt writes – A few months ago, I had a problem — I wanted to design a printed circuit board in Adobe Illustrator, but also wanted to send it out to BatchPCB for manufacturing. Board houses require that designs be submitted in Gerber format, the creation of which generally requires special CAD software. At first […]
“SMSage”, an art installation by Tim Redfern and Ralph Borland, currently showing at the Conflux Festival in Brooklyn, is an SMS-driven urban installation that plants a sound murmur in the city when people send text messages to it. The project converts submitted text messages to speech and plays them over a parabolic speaker built into […]
Ed Paradis has put some thought into a couple of hacks for the Hot Wheels toy radar gun: The Hot Wheels Radar Gun is a real radar gun currently (Feb 2007) available from Walmart and other retailers for about $30 (USD). It is a real radar gun, operating at 10.525 GHz capable of clocking cars, […]
