This homebrew LaserTag game uses a cheap laser pointer combined with a toy gun and a PIC16F628A microcontroller that connects up to a piezo transducer which is used for producing various beeps. The 5 pin header plug at the bottom of the device is used to connect to a programmer for in-circuit programming. Check out […]
The peeps at Handmade Detroit tip us off to this new event happening in Ferndale called DIY Street Fair, which happens this weekend. Here’s what you can expect: This free 2-day event invites artists, hand-made crafters, local and national businesses, non-profit groups and organizations, musicians, local restaurants, michigan brewers and others who live and work […]
รฏยฟยผThe “Franklinator” is a circuit-bent version of the “Franklin the Turtle 1-2-3 Tri-Language Learner” toy, with really nice attention to detail when adding additional switches to this device. Unfortunately, there’s no video of it in action, but the site has some great photos of the finished instrument. Franklinator
This is your chance to help the world, and maybe even win $100k in The Buckminster Fuller challenge. Buckminster Fuller’s prolific life of exploration, discovery, invention and teaching was driven by his intention “to make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or disadvantage […]
This is an interesting solution to controlling your DSLR without having to use a traditional computer. It occurred to me that if I could somehow tether a DSLR to an instant-on device like an Arduino microcontroller I would have less weight to carry around and could get more work done. After mentally spec’ing out what […]
TrueUp has just posted a photo-heavy blog tour of San Francisco’s Urban Burp, a fabric shop specializing in vintage fabrics. Time to book a ticket to SF!
I doubt the Crayola factory is full of big-smiled grey-haired ladies anymore, but I still enjoy this video from the 70s about how crayons are made, originally from Sesame Street. I’m just as mesmerized now as I was when I first watched it as a kid. Via Core77.
