Wow, the situational awareness mast “Zippermast” from Geosystems is very clever! via Hizook. The situational awareness mast (or Zippermast) from Geosystems Inc. is a telescoping linear actuator that can vertically translate a robot’s sensor suite for better visibility. In this video, a Zippermast is affixed to an I-Robot Packbot…
Yulia Brodskaya, a graphic designer and illustrator from Russia, makes really beautiful paper-cut illustrations. via SwissMiss.
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories – Cheap Perpetual Calendar… A quick, handy, geeky, and seriously inexpensive perpetual calendar for your desk.Got 12 cents and a scrap of cardboard? You’re good to go! Cut twelve slits, stick in your pennies, and… here it is, all built…
Wonderful New year animation by Electrabel.
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Tremble at the feet of Rusty Sheriff’s mighty “555 astable tone generator with tuned keys” – sporting a big ol’ 8″ woofer and a laser-cut case. No performance samples to be found but the name/design alone is satisfying enough – Rusty Growler Please, share pics of your awesome works in […]
Side steering car… Modern Mechanix, 1932. FORDS have been forced to do strange things in the past, but the honors for odd performances to date go to a machine, built by a Pontiac, Mich., mechanic, which can move sideways at an angle of 65 degrees, and thus make parking an extremely simple matter. As demonstrated […]
Meatricity is the electricity generated by the muscle power of humans or other animals. After a great day working on project ideas for Alternative Energy module in next summer’s Learn 2 Teach / Teach 2 Learn program at the South End Technology Center, I drove by a huge workout gym sort of filled with beautiful […]
