From the MAKE Flickr photo pool For InterAccess’ “555 Timer Night” at Open Studio, they made this 555 IC cake, inspired by EMS Labs’ circuitry snacks. Nice to have the data sheet handy so you know what you’re eating. Those 23 transistors, 2 diodes, and 16 resistors may look hidden inside that tiny DIP, but […]
A pretty interesting take on recyclable / sustainable furniture, the “XS Chair” by Nick DeMarco is a transparent chair filled with all of the garbage and recyclables you can stuff into it. The more junk inside, the more comfy the chair becomes. Although it might start to look like the junk lost between the spacs […]
Welcome to the cat future, all doors will scan your cat’s microchip (RFID) and if it’s your cat it can come inside… Keeps out unwanted cats by using your cat’s existing microchip number without the need for a collar. Automatically detects light levels and can keep your cat in at night. Designed by a vet. […]
Very cool Curta calculator via jwz. The Curta was a small, hand-cranked mechanical calculator introduced in 1948. It had an extremely compact design, a small cylinder that fit in the palm of the hand. It could be used to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and, with more difficulty, square roots and other operations. The Curta’s […]
This is a little morbid, but hey – entropy happens and I think this is something that makers would like to do… This class called “Bury Yourself In Your Work – Build Your Own Casket” teaches you how to make your own coffin. None of us are getting out of this alive, so you might […]
A collection of 20 cipher devices @ ooject. The Enigma variations. The Enigma is one of the most well known devices in the history of gadgets, being responsible for the birth of the computing industry, in attempts to crack it. This has largely overshadowed the plethora of other cryptographic devices, which are often overlooked. Here […]
I got sucked into reading one of those 15 amazing things you never knew about aluminum foil articles. One of the claims was that you could sharpen a pair of scissors by cutting aluminum. It sounded about as plausible as mending a broken leg by driving it over with a station wagon, but I’ll be […]
