Generating dice-rolls over at the GamesByEmail HQ is a surprisingly efficient (and analog) matter. The conveyer belt based Dice-O-Matic can toss up to 1.3 million rolls per day, recording the results via die-recognition software. The Dice-O-Matic is 7 feet tall, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep. It has an aluminum frame covered with Plexiglas […]
Android seems to be popping up on everything these days. Netbooks, set-top boxes, embedded devices, washing machines, E-Ink displays, you name it. Of the many available solutions out there it seems that some folks are having great success with OMAP-based solutions such as Gumstix and the Beagle Board.
The MIT Technology Review website has an article highlighting the work of T.V. Raman and Charles Chen, two Google engineers working on an eyes-free interface for Android.
With such an elegant interface that begs to be touched, you might wonder why anyone would bother using a stylus with an iPhone, but there are times when such an implement comes in handy. When you find yourself in such a situation don’t bother grabbing your old PDA stylus. You’ll need something that works with the iPhone’s capacitive touch screen like this handy DIY iPhone/iPod touch stylus pen.
It’s the closest you’ll come to getting uncomfortably covered in sticky sugar water without actually being at the Faire for an Eepybird show. Grab your 3D glasses and check it out. This anaglyph 3D video was shot by Eric Kurland of Retinal Rivalry. Thanks, Eric! Eepybird.com
Every year, at Maker Faire, I have one or more “epiphanies,” transcendent moments where I feel joyously overwhelmed by the wonder of what’s happening at the Faire — where it dawns on me how truly amazing this event is and how lucky I am to be a part of it. This year, my epiphanies were […]
I just started going through the @makerfaire twitter messages. Some of my faves already, even though I’m not even close to finishing to sort them: @choklit: @makerfaire was brilliant, exhausting, magical, quirky and beautiful. The best was the many luminous lovelies I connected with. Now, to bed @quellybeep: full day @makerfaire turned total sensory overload […]
