Although this looks like an ordinary plant, its leaves are actually made of a thin solar panel film along with a plastic covering to repel water in order to extend the life of this energy harvester. Interesting design although I think real plants might win out over this despite the ecological benefits. via Inhabitat
This 20 pound mouse pointer hand by artist Gus Baggermans counts 158 LEDs that are programmable per pixel line by a circuit built with an Arduino. Interesting take on the modern icon by this artist, although you probably wouldn’t want to turn this into a chair. 20 pound mouse hand
Wow, this is really cool – Gina from Lifehacker has a Flickr bike that geotags photos and uploads them to a map on Flickr… Solar panels too!
Popular Mechanics, 1935… Functioning on the principle of an eccentric rear wheel, the latest bicycle has neither gears nor a chain. Invented by Phil Huyseng of Chicago, the bike is propelled by a bouncing motion of the body. But wait, there’s more! Here’s one from “New Ideas for Living” (above) – the site says it […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Scanner-cam @ Burning man [above, top-left] HOW TO – design a custom Arduino shield [above, top-right] DIY gameshow buzzers ftw! [above, bottom-right] Cube Corner Clock tells time from 3 sides [above, bottom-left] DIY PSX to USB is A-OK!
To obtain certain lighting effects, you sometimes need to attach things to your flash head, such as gel filters or bounce cards. Normally, this involves fussing around trying to strap things down with a rubber band or opting to gum up your equipment with sticky-backed velcro or tape. Instead you can create a cheap speed […]
Better organic semiconductors for printable electronics… I know for a fact this is interesting for at least 3 specific people who read MAKE, this is for them but I suspect others will dig it too :)
