Make: television Presents: Balloon Organ – Fran Holland’s bagpipe-sounding musical balloon instrument. Ball-Fetching Robot – Mark Whitney’s autonomous dog-like robot that can follow and fetch a ball. Truth Wristband – Sean Montgomery’s wristband that uses technology similar to what’s in lie detectors. Check out Sean’s website for more info Submit a video of your own […]
Sarah writes – The “internet of things” is a concept that describes a wireless network between objects. In a way, it parallels the current network of addressable web pages (aka the “world wide web”), except “the internet of things” would include addressable inanimate objects that could be anything from your home’s refrigerator to the shoes […]
My friend Matt Mets baked these cookies in celebration of the UNIX Epoch reaching 1234567890 (499602D2 in hex).
Tikabelle of Largely Unrepeatable has created a pattern based on the tiny knit gloves created by Althena Crome for the film, Coraline, and is offering it on her blog. Via Lime & Violet. Related: Coraline Brings Craft to The Big Screen
Researchers at the University of California have successfully hacked a giant flower beetle to be controlled remotely – A scientist sends a wireless signal from the laptop to the beetle to start and then stop flight. The beetle, seen in the upper part of the frame, is tethered for practical purposes. The insect is attached […]
It’s happened to me more than once that I’ve needed to configure something on a managed Mac laptop at work for which I have no admin access. Normally you can just track down your network administrator, but if it’s after hours or you are traveling, there’s another option: escalate your own account privileges by adding […]
There’s an OpenStreetMaps group mapping going down in Manhattan next weekend, no prior GPS-ing required – OpenStreetMap is only as good as the contributions of the people who edit it. To encourage and help people to edit, experienced mappers run Mapping Parties. The public is invited to them. Often the organiser has GPS receivers to […]
