Year: 2009

Bee boxes explained

I remember, the first time I saw a bee box (or bee lining box), I was fascinated by all of its chambers (this one has two, others have three), lifts, sliding doors, windows, etc. It’s like something a magician might flourish onstage. But it’s not. It’s used for hunting and capturing wild bees and using […]

Giant seven segment display

Giant seven segment display

Windell Oskay of EMSL found this 12-inch seven segment display on his trip to electronics megacity of Shenzhen, China, and he started hacking a controller for it right there in the hotel room: As part of the China trip last week, we had a little scavenger hunt, where the challenge was to build something with […]