LEGO Style
The Brothers Brick pointed out this amazing CGI animation of a LEGO fashion show by Fabrice Pathier (Four H). The clip features designs by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac.
Year: 2008
Animated time/temp RGB matrix display
Nick Hall’s made this very excellent time & temperature display – complete with weather animations – The project uses 4 RGB LED Matrix Modules from Sparkfun Electronics, and is controlled by an Arduino microprocessor board with 16k RAM and Ethernet shield for internet connectivity to get time and weather data. The Arduino and LED modules […]
Electric Lamborghini
Not made by the Italian company, but by ambitious maker Zach Radding. Here’s his most recent test drive video: The specs are quite nice (cheaper than a gas Lamborghini!): Body: Fiberglass replica of a Diablo 6.0 Batteries: 50 ThunderSky LFP160’s Motor: Warp 11″ DC brushed Motor control: Zilla 2000amp Battery electronics: Custom Top speed: 100mph […]
Windows Embedded CE Spark Your Imagination contest
In March of 2008, the Windows Embedded Group launched the SPARK Your Imagination program. This was the first hobbyist-focused program for the Windows Embedded product family. Before the SPARK program, the software cost $1000 per seat and you had to go through a distributor to get it. Not very friendly to weekend code warriors and […]
Steampunk mobile phone
Silly, but nonetheless cool, steampunk telephone. The coolest thing is the punch cards you use to call a number. Okay, that’s also the silliest thing about it. As Apartment Therapy says, it would give new meaning to the term “calling card.” I hope one of those dials displays signal strength. Steampunk Cell Phone Takes Tech […]
Best of Maker Faire: Austin Underground’s films
I understand Maker Faire Austin is done and gone, but I’m still thinking about how much fun it was. Over the next week or 2, I’ll continue to share some highlights from the most make-tastic event Austin’s ever seen. Thanks to Austin Underground for this great video highlighting some of the more interesting vehicular creations […]
Chainless bikes: becoming mainstream soon?
The non-chain on the new Trek Soho It looks like Trek may succeed in making non-chain bikes mainstream. Via CNN: Trek Bicycle is part of a movement to bury the finger-pinching, pants-munching, rust-prone sprocket and chain, and usher in an era of belt-driven bikes that might have the inventors of the self-propelled transportation Schwinning in […]
