The UFOCapture software records nighttime sky highlights via PC with attached vidcam. Quite handy for those alien/meteor enthusiasts who still have to hold down a dayjob – UFO@Home [via Boing Boing] In the Maker Shed: Astronomy Hacks
Meet Me at Mike‘s pointed out the awesome work of Little People – a tiny street art project. Slinkachu makes “little hand painted people, left in London to fend for themselves.” See all the photos at the Little People blog.
Linus Akesson and friends have created the “Craft” demo – using an ATmega88 to generate 4 channels of 8-bit sound and 3D graphics. Timing is crucial: One display line takes 24 μs, and is followed by a 7.75 μs break called the horizontal blanking period. After 480 such lines, there’s a longer break (1428.75 μs, […]
Michelle Stitzlein makes wall-mounted moth sculptures out of recycled materials that include license plates, car parts, mirrors, trash can lids, piano keys, bicycle tires, scrap wood, bottlecaps, aluminum siding, faucet handles, oil drum lids and phone hand sets. via Junk Mail Gems Blog.
Alicia of Create! has a free pattern to make this crochet safety cone. Aren’t they adorable? I love them all clustered together in the right photo.
Your iPhone can connect you to the web from just about anywhere, but sometimes browsing on a tiny screen isn’t enough. With jailbroken 3G and some free software, it’s pretty easy to bring that internet-anywhere access to your laptop. Nate True put together a howto that will guide you through the steps for configuring your […]
If you carry a lot of keys and don’t like that jingle-jangle in your pocket or on your ‘biner, this may be the solution. Instructables user pyro22 figured out how to embed keys in a mini multitool. Leave the tools you want, replace the others with keys! And, of course, you still have your pliers. […]
