HOW TO – Pom-Pom Flowers
One Pretty Thing points us towards this simple and lovely project from Domestifluff showing how to make modern-looking pom pom flowers.
Month: January 2009
Wifi robotified rc car
Got an extra router in your parts pile? How about an wifi enabled robotic car? Wifi Robot: A remote control car that can be driven over the internet or with a laptop wirelessly from up to 500m away. It has a live-feed network camera so that it can be driven without line of sight and […]
TI’s BeagleBoard and DLP Pico Projector == Linux everywhere
TI’s BeagleBoard is a great little Linux system. It consumes less than 2 watts and can connect to all sorts of things; it has an HDMI port that carries DVI-D video, a USB port that lets you connect USB peripherals such as keyboards, mice, and network adapters, an RS-232 serial port, and an expansion connector […]
The House of Mouse
Pikaland points us towards these hilarious mice created by Anna from The House of Mouse, based in the Netherlands. My favorite is definitely this Hannibal Lecter mouse!
Conhouse: container-ish housing
(Image via Conhouse) Here’s an interesting design for container-like prefab housing. I’m not sure why the designers have chosen to go with a custom container-like module vs. shipping containers (of which the west has a huge surplus), but this is still a neat, actually-commercially-available, somewhat-more-sustainable housing solution.
DIY plasma cutter
Even if you’re like me and never win them, you’ve got to love the huge contests on Instructables. I spent at least 3 hours last weekend Googling for ‘DIY plasma cutter’ and could only come up with cocktail-napkin drawings. This week, there’s a well-done homemade plasma cutter entry in the $20,000 Sears gift card contest. […]
alt.CES: DIY 3D scanners roundup
I really like the new 3D desktop scanner by RealView. They have 3 models available. Unfortunately there isn’t any word on price, but I am guessing they aren’t cheap. We don’t see too many 3D scanners ’round these parts, so we’ll be excited to hit RealView 3D’s booth at CES and see what all the […]