alt.CES – Mattel Mindflex
Here’s another “mind control” toy, these will be fun to take apart via CrunchGear.
Month: January 2009
alt.CES “Google makes an open source hardware router”…
SD Times Blog says Google might be working on their own router- For a long time now, Juniper has had one big ol’ customer floating its bottom line: Google. It makes sense, as Juniper specializes in gigantically powerful boxes for routing traffic, and Google exists as one giant pool of information in a constant state […]
“Sponge” Cake
Mindy Sue Meyers just finished a new piece where she extravagantly beaded a sponge. She writes: This little sponge cake is “Cake Antoinette” I titled it after Marie Antoinette, as she was my inspiration for this piece specifically. I like to think of adornment and extravagance when making my pieces. Marie Antoinette was quite extravagant […]
alt.CES: Electro-Harmonix Voice Box
I’ve often considered Electro-Harmonix the coolest mainstream manufacturer of effects pedals and this new product is further proof. The Voice Box is both a vocoder and harmonizer unit with mic and instrument inputs. Along with built in reverb, tone control, and phantom power this unit provides “gender” changing options. From the product page – The […]
MAKE: television Episode 2: Aerial Kite Photography & Burrito Blaster
Make: television Episode 2: Maker Cris Benton takes spectacular aerial photographs by rigging remote-controlled cameras to high flying kites. In the Maker Workshop John Park builds a Burrito Blaster, which can propel a burrito 50 yards, and Mister Jalopy shows off his giant iPod. The Maker Channel features vegetable flutes, cool remote control robots, printer […]
Mutation Sensation
Vacamaca put together this goofy plushie mashup on Instructables.
Fashioning Technology book excerpt: Sewing Soft Circuits
We’ve just posted a PDF excerpt from our first Craft book, Syuzi Pakhchyan’s Fashioning Technology. The book covers everything you need to know to get started making wearable electronics, smart toys, furniture, and home decor. It’s a very cool book that gives you the skills and inspiration to make some amazing things. Here’s a taste […]