Mosaic Tree Table
Craftster string theory revived an inexpensive Goodwill table with a fun tree mosaic. This is a great idea for a fun and inexpensive table that kids will love.
Month: September 2008
Non-circular gears in motion
The sight of these non-traditional gear configurations might seem unreal to the untrained eye – but in fact these are used in a variety of industrially applications. Non-circular gears [via Hacked Gadgets]
Trumpet marine on Governor’s Island
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Ranjit posted this excellent video of his wind-driven string insrument, Trumpet Marine, performing at Gevernor’s Island NYC as part of the Figment festival. Those sparse notes make for an interesting contrast to the corwded Manhattan skyline, no? – trumpet marine at figment 2008
Star Wars and Dwight K. Schrute Dolls
Fried Gold on Craftster has been making some adorable dolls. Pictured above are some dolls from Star Wars and a Dwight K. Schrute from The Office.
IC golden legs
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Bengt-re submitted this photo of a vintage integrated circuit, the MC7476P to be precise. The gold contacts were used to ensure the best surface conductance when the chip was seated in its socket รขโฌยฆ either that or this is one classy “Dual J-K Flip-Flop” – MC7476P with golden legs […]
HOWTO – make a serial port IR receiver
Alessio Sangalli has been maintaining a guide for a few years that shows you how to create a serial port IR receiver from scratch and use it in both Windows and Linux. Her design is pretty slick since, as you can see from her photo above, the whole package fits neatly inside a standard 9 […]
Robots engage in mating and marking activities
This robot uses a Lego RCX CPU for processing and marks all areas of a space that exhibit high EMF noise. A second robot moves around as well but attempts to avoid everything that was marked by the first robot. As a lesson in avoidance, their activities mirror the typical human mating pattern Automous Behavior
