The “Walking Ladder” by Niklas Roy is a remote controlled ladder with a joystick shaped like a paint can with a brush. Pretty simple application for something that could actually be useful when you are painting alone and don’t want to move the ladder. Walking Ladder, [via]
*Note: This contest is over, comments are now closed. Ok gang we have some NEW MAKE tools coming in, actually they’re here now – thing is, we need to name them. If we pick a name you come up with, we’ll send you one – the very first one in fact, hot off the laser […]
This mechanically scanned laser display allows you to project text onto any surface using a laser beam. The project uses one light source and mirrors to scan the display surface. Pretty nice application, we wonder how far away this can actually project. Mechanically scanned laser display, [via]
Of all the April Fools pranks that I came across today, the Stealth USB CapsLocker was my favorite. The tiny AVR-driven USB device sends random caps lock keypresses to a PC via a USB interface. The user will see their caps lock light come on from time to time and think they’ve accidentally hit that […]
The PowerCube is a scalable, renewable solar energy source that includes three 200 watt solar panels, 3500 watts of continuous inverter output, and 2400 amp hours of battery storage. Think of it as a LA-Z-BOY meets green thumb engineering. POWERCUBE [via]
Anders Weberg’s P2P Art via Kottke. Art made for – and only available on – the peer to peer networks. The original artwork is first shared by the artist until one other user has downloaded it. After that the artwork will be available for as long as other users share it. The original file and […]
The Last HOPE (www.thelasthope.org) is this Summer’s hacker conference sponsored by 2600 Magazine. Presenters and artists from all nationalities and disciplines are again invited to participate in this forum. The Last HOPE covers all aspects of hacking, the community surrounding it, and its effects across the world. For three days this July, The Hotel Pennsylvania […]
