So what do you do with all those costumes you have that you might not wear anymore? How about put them on display! Even more effective when they are on display at Halloween. All you need is about $6 worth PVC and 10 minutes. PVC Halloween mannequin – Link.
Universal Plug and Play support is available on most modern wireless and DSL routers. Among other things, it allows client machines on the local network to remotely configure the router’s port forwarding, typically without authenticated access. Adrian Crenshaw has a nice screencast which shows how to detect UPnP capable devices on your network and how […]
Picture this: You are walking by a table with a head on it. All of a sudden the eye’s open, fix on you and the “head” begins to growl. What’s more you can see under the table, but there’s nothing underneath yet the head continues to follow you. The above image illustrates this idea. While […]
BoingBoing is having its first contest. It’s a “best Halloween gadget” contest. Rules are to create a real-life prop or gadget that is Halloween and/or Sci-fi related. The more the better. The best most original whirring, flashing, gnashing, noise making gadget wins! BoingBoing gadget contest rules – Link.
The Chumby is an open source squeezable, Wi-Fi bean-bag computer. It’s fun, cute, and huggable. You can use it to view photos in bed or a recipe in the kitchen. What’s more is that it has a community of developers working on its applications, so it’s always improving. And it’s finally for sale (if you […]
Are you going to be in Austin, TX this weekend at the Maker Faire? Then do we have an experience for you! “The Mansion of Terror” in Austin is opening it’s doors to all Maker Faire attendees this weekend. All you need to do is bring by your Maker Faire ticket stub and you will […]
Here’s an interesting project by Caleb Coppock: Graphite conducts electricity. Two wires brush against the surface of a paper disk as it spins. The wires are connected to a simple electronic tone generator. When a line of graphite is drawn across the disk, connecting two wires, a tone is heard. The quality of the line […]
