Hawking unveils ‘strangest clock’ via /. A £1m clock called the “time eater” has been unveiled at Cambridge University by Professor Stephen Hawking. The author of A Brief History of Time was guest of honour when the unique clock, which has no hands or numbers, was revealed at Corpus Christi College. Dubbed the strangest clock […]
A bit of a follow up, we went through the archives and found some of Mark Hoekstra’s projects from EuroOSCON’s Make Fest along with a couple other photos… Here they are in his own words… iPod charger for your bicycle. Use a bicycle to pedal your way to a fully charged iPod. Submergible webcam. A […]
Instructables user SFHandyman writes: In this Instructable, I’m going to teach you how to make Finger Loop Braids. With this technique you can make braids with just your hands that have 10 or more strands each. They can be used for anything. Bracelets, chokers, belts, hat bands, as trim on clothing, or furniture… If you […]
If you needed a new reason to attend Maker Faire Austin, here’s a good one: instant transformation into a zombie: Image by David Weaver Meredith Johns and Carolyn O’Hara from Hawgfly will be there with their gore cannon, which allows them to coat targets, volunteers, and pretty much anything else with convincing-looking blood. If you […]
More specifically, things got coated with a thick layer of gore courtesy of the Gore Cannon. More on that in my next post; for now, thanks to all of our presenters for a great event: Nick Pietraniec explaining his work-in-progress guitar hero-bot. Edwin Wise and his Abyssal Organ. Meredith Johns (pictured) and Carolyn O’Hara from […]
Rutger sent word that our friend Mark Hoekstra of Geektechniques has passed away… He writes Mark Hoekstra of Geektechnique fame has passed away this morning. He suffered from a severe heart attack last wednesday while on his bike. He has been in the hospital in a coma since then. Friday night he was pronounced braindead. […]
Sweet tunes for a Saturday jam… by Randy George, filmed by Nicolas Bates via Waxy. Ableton Live looped cover of Something About Us by Daft Punk, performed on Nintendo DS Ubisoft Jam Sessions, Midi controlled software electric bass, drums, synth, vocoded vocals, and solo theremin, recorded in a single pass, with a single camera. About […]
