Tokyo-based weather forecasting company Weathernews, Inc. is deploying a 200 glowing eyeball-shaped robots (called “Pollen Bots”) nationwide in order to monitor the pollen count around the country. The robots weigh 1 kilogram (2.2 lbs), measure 30 centimeters (1 ft) across and consist of a monitoring unit housed in a spherical styrofoam shell. Their eyes glow […]
This is what gold atoms look like and that giant machine is what peered in to the tiny – Link. Related: World’s most powerful transmission electron microscope – Link. Plenty of Room at the Bottom, Feynman – Link.
A colleague of mine recently started posting his daily meeting doodles on a blog called Sketchy Coworker. He loves typography and plays around with different fonts. I love checking the site every day for inspiration, I just wish it made me a better doodler. Link.
In the same style as Processing and Arduino, “Fritzing” is an open source PCB layout tool that attempts to help designers move from physical prototypes to building actual products. In particular in the area of PCB prototyping, the freely downloadable cross-platform software allows for basic layout and design of projects like Arduino shields and other […]
Google has 2D barcodes for their print folks (also known as QR codes, and used here on the MAKE blog on the right side, scroll down). I like these for art and culture jamming-type projects, but here is what Google is up to… Recently, you may have seen newspaper ads for jewelry retailer Blue Nile […]
I like the idea of this pencil scarf, would be better if you knitted a (wool) version up, but that’s what (re)makes are for… – [via] Link. MASSIVE super duper scarf round up: Knit Pencil Scarf – Link. HOW TO – Make a No-Knit Scarf – Link. Blood Scarf – Link. O Rly owl scarf […]
Jim created this step-by-step tutorial on how to create a hand-vise. Although he says it is great for holding bone & fishhooks, I am sure it would be great for plastics and electronics too. This is a really good addition to your toolbox, even if you are not a survivalist. A small, easy-to-use handvice can […]
