Year: 2007

Jar of Fireflies

Jar of Fireflies

Here’s an amazing AVR project! Thanks for sending this in Kayobi! The inspiration for this project comes from having never lived in an area where fireflies were common and being deeply fascinated whenever I encounter them in my travels. The flash patterns have been digitized from firefly behavioral research data found online and were modeled […]

Antique Weather Clock

Sometimes you just wake up and look out the window and it looks like skull and crossbone weather! That must be the symbol for nuclear war. I used a fake antique (replica) that I picked up for cheep on ebay. I took out the clock work, and replaced it with a servo and used a […]

Gocco Resources

Nicole Lecht of Freshly Blended has complied a list of resources for Gocco lovers and users who are wondering where they can get more supplies for this beloved discontinued machine. Link. Update 1/16: Nicole’s added more resources to her list – Link.

Ice Skating Sail

Ice Skating Sail

If Lake Washington ever freezes, I’m crossing it this way! Mark Harris says, I was lucky to take it out on a day with smoothly varying winds from 20-40mph (10-20m/s), and although slightly overpowered, I could cruise comfortably at 15mph (20kph), with bursts over 20mph (30kph). This top speed was definitely not limted by the […]