PhoneGap is one of the best projects to come out of iPhoneDevCamp II. It seems absolutely perfect for web developers who haven’t yet gotten comfortable with writing iPhone applications in Objective-C: PhoneGap is a free open source development tool and framework that allows web developers to take advantage of the powerful features in the iPhone […]
This 24kj capacitor discharge bank is configured for 4500v @ 2400uf and can be charged up using microwave oven transformers. When triggered, it can release all of this stored energy in under a millisecond through a triggered spark gap. Check out the video to understand the magnitude of this thing but please, don’t try this […]
Incredible, a pinhole skull camera by Wayne Martin Belger via BBG. 4â€x5†camera made from Aluminium, Titanium, Brass, Silver, Gem Stones and a 150 year old skull of a 13 year old girl. Light and time enters at the third eye, exposing the film in the middle of the skull. From the pages of MAKE: […]
These “Sexed Robots” by artist Paul Granjon are autonomous wheeled platforms with anatomically correct male and female sex organs and are programmed to find each other through an “in heat” mode where they then attempt to mate. The bots were a commission for the Welsh Pavillion at the 2005 Venice Biennale. Sexed Robots via AITDW
This LED candle runs from a PIC 12F675 and is powered by 4 AA batteries to make up a 6 volt power supply with a 1N4148 diode that has a 1 volt voltage drop to turn it into the 5 volts that the PIC requires. The LEDs used were 15,000mcd to make the “flame” very […]
Jane’s Apron points to this post on Oodles and Oodles explaining how to tell if those vintage treasures you’ve unearthed at the flea market are Bakelite or just plain plastic.
An exciting new book was published today, called the Hungry Scientist Handbook (Amazon). Authors Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns write: It’s for gadget-loving gastronomes. For people who really love to play with their food, who make their kitchen into a lab and a workshop. Your brother, your mother, your kid neighbor. Hell, it’s for anyone. […]
