“Sleep Waking” by Fernando Orellana and Brendan Burns presents a new way to look back on one’s dreams. EEG, EKG, REM, and various other physical data is logged during the subject’s sleep and then later used as the script to direct robotic action – The eye position data we simply apply to the position the […]
Cool visualization on a monitor via Arduino An arduino board is controlling the RGB lines of a VGA connection to an LCD monitor. However, the horizontal and vertical sync lines are being generated by a proper computer. – Code and info on Little-Scale – Link Related: Arduino TV – Link In the Maker store: “Critter & […]
An anonymous reader sent us a link to these neat speakers made from used cans. Oddly enough they convey a rather chic sense of style. The instructions are written in german – but you can pretty much infer the necessary steps from the supplied images. I’m guessing they may sound a bit “tinny”? – Link […]
Here is how to make some nice little tweezers from recycled circuit boards. You can even wire them up to your multimeter and check the resistance of your components. This would have been a popular tool at the last MAKE:NYC meeting. Ever since I started salvaging SMT components, I thought it’d be great to have […]
MADE in Japan – Volume 3 This week: “Life Sensing” Hot Water Pots, Circuitbent Pachinko Machines, Otona no Kagaku: a “Science for Adults” magazine that comes with a toy, Maywa Denki, Make Your Own Soba, that Famicom Guitar, Funny Wall-mount PC, and an iPod/Boombox Mashup. Making Sure Elderlies are Still Alive by Wirelessly Tracking Their […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Markayak took the matter of cenral air into his own hands – DIY Central Air: Cold air output of the 2-ton wall unit is piped via duct tape and poly dropcloth to the nearest heat register. Furnace filter was replaced with a plywood panel (not pictured) to prevent backflow. Heating […]
Here are some final odds and ends from the NYC Toy fair 2008, these aren’t necessarily DIY/Science – but things I thought were interesting, bizarre or a little of both … (pictured here, all year weather sled, you attach large ice blocks for summer use)… keep clicking for more! Metal GORT! Reissue of the first […]
