Based on the Twitter LED Scroller by David Nichols, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories built out this RGB Twitter scroller on a Meggy Jr. In this video (embedded above), we start out scrolling slowly and then advance to a faster rate by pressing buttons on the arrow keys on the laptop’s keyboard– interesting that you can […]
Sublime Stitching founder, Jenny Hart, will be teaching a small embroidery class at Home Ec. in Los Angeles next month. One of my first embroidery learning experiences was in a similar class with Jenny a few years ago, and I left completely inspired and obsessed with stitching. It’s a great opportunity to learn hand embroidery!
MAKE subscriber Mike Cook built a Monome-style controller interface from only spare parts! (granted he seems to have some very nice spare parts lying around) Behold the Econo Monome – The official Monomes have always had a nod towards eco friendliness by incorporating renewable wood in their construction. Well I wanted to go at least […]
In response to my post of the clothes dryer chicken coop, Instructables author Alois sent us a link to his computer case beehive. The red jar lid on the front of the hive helps the bees find their way home. Who knew? Computer case beehive
The 4th and 5th grade students at Honey Creek Community School in Washtenaw County, Michigan made vibrobots as part of their Design & Technology curriculum. The looks of pride on these kids’ faces are amazing. Vibrobots are a great project for kids this age (kids of any age, really) ’cause they’re easy enough for anyone […]
Those inspired crazies at Mythbusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, built a giant, working coding cryptex. The device was built for a demo at the RSA Conference, held at the Mascone Center in SF, in April. Now the pair is auctioning it off on eBay. Proceeds from the sale will go to the EFF. You […]
Expected to debut during the Adobe MAX developer conference, Flash Player 10 is expected to bring it’s widely popular media distribution format to a large selection of smartphone systems. According to a recent investor earnings call Adobe will be releasing Flash Player 10 for Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile and WebOS this October.
