Forrest M. Mims III has an article on using a data logger to record the temperature inside a beehive in the latest Citizen Scientist – Over the years I’ve done some consulting for the people at Onset Computer Corporation, the makers of Hobo Data Loggers and various related products. Consequently, I’ve accumulated a nice collection […]
Bob Parks has an overview of Stephen’s homemade fuel cell home @ Stuart Island – Stephen Friend has the first hand-built fuel cell-powered house in the US. No, not another hopeful boil-your-own-yogurt demo for an impractical technology, but a real, sustainable achievement that makes its own hydrogen in a cedar shed out back. And it […]
Crunchgear has a really interesting write up of Emotiv’s sensory gaming rig you wear on your head – The prototype device looks sort of like a smaller version of Professor X’s Cerebro mutant locator thing. It’s a headset with three separate arms than clasp around your head. Each arm contains myriad sensors that detect signals […]
Fresh Creations sent in this “automatic banana peeler” that has something to do with a BBQ. Seems like a fun art project with a political statement about Chiquita’s recent problems. In the category ‘Funny But Useless Inventions’ this is surely the winner: an amazingly slow semi-automatic banana peeler. It was invented by a Belgian guy […]
Back for the third year in a row, this science-fair style event @ Etch has featured robot dogs, marshmallow blowgun fights, magic phones, illuminated clothing, Roomba battles, and many more inventive ideas. Come to the 2007 Make Fest to meet the makers, get your hands on the projects featured in the pages of MAKE and […]
Jesse David Hollington put together a set of scripts that automatically disables and enables his screensaver password when his cellphone comes in and out of Bluetooth range. Ideally, I would want to activate the OS X screen saver and enable the password protection when I move away from my computer (out of Bluetooth range), but […]
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