Pocket_lucho builds some excellent pint-sized arcade cabinets using PSOne LCDs and controls from inexpensive all-in-one consoles. Beyond the electronics, the real star ingredients here are the wood panels, carefully crafted for that classic cabinet feel. More images available on the original forum post (translation). [via Hack a Day]
Instructables user tikka308 writes: Because HVAC units use a lot of energy (particularly when in ‘air conditioning’ mode during hot summer months) and renters do not have the ability to easily implement energy star (i.e. more efficient) units or to regulate their tempature, I wanted to find a way, without making permanent changes, to control […]
These jaw-dropping art pieces are the work of Lauren Levy, whose exhibit, “Beneath the Palm of my Hand” is opening tonight at the d berman gallery in Austin, Texas. The exhibit, Levy says, ” represents adaptation and change. The idea that change can occur slowly at first and then in an instant be different is […]
Coinciding with NYC’s Bent Festival Handmade Music initiates an especially hacked event tonight at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. The free event features a pretty amazing lineup including – “modular synth meets circuit-bent Barbie dolls. noise, drone, dance party with Peter Edwards of Casper Electronics.” – A surprise mystery instrument(s) from Handmade Music superstar Ranjit Bhatnagar, […]
Image from Kotomatrix.ru via Rolcats Is most powerful laptop in all of Tbilisi, can it be? With all this yammering about socialism, maybe it’s time we examine the craft of lolcats mashed up with soviet era slogans and scenarios. So my Russian is a bit rusty, but occasionally somebody in the comments chimes in with […]
Seth Robinson writes: I enjoy throwing the ball for my Rat Terrier, Maple, every afternoon, but I injured my shoulder a while back and some days it can be of painful. Naturally, as a maker I wondered if there was a “better” way to throw a tennis ball. I’d seen similar projects before, notably the […]
By way of the fine folks at Boing Boing comes word of this awesome site featuring dozens of papercraft spaceship models from the Wing Commander series of games, from the main Wing Commander titles, through Privateer, and spin-offs like Armada. Paper Commander
