What a great idea, Riley Porter‘s lasercut organizer for an Arduino, a solderless breadboard, and small compartments for components. This is something I had been meaning to complete for quite a while. I needed something that was portable, clean and easy to store random things in to prototype stuff on the fly. The Proto Desk […]
Lim Chen Pin Kenneth made this cute remake of the blinking LED people I built a couple of years ago.
Anna at Mochimochi presents her new pattern in her shop Hugs + Squoze ($5), a cuddly little duo to make for your main squeeze (or for yourself, of course) for Valentine’s Day!
The 18th of February has been designated as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, an offshoot of National Engineers Week. A few days ago we asked Dr. AnnMarie Thomas, a professor of engineering at the University of St. Thomas, to share her thoughts on the occasion. If you haven’t read her guest editorial, please do […]
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (February 18th) carries a special importance. Somehow, we’re failing our girls when it comes to engineering. A recent study showed that while women earned 58% of all bachelor’s degrees, only 21% of engineering bachelor’s were awarded to women. Furthermore, women make up only 26% of the science and math […]
Franco of Franco’s Fiber Adventure, created this ingenious portable loom from a clipboard and a few other simple supplies. [via Craftster]
YouTube user gloomyandy demonstrates how to stream 8-bit audio through a NXT brick’s crappy speakers via Bluetooth and USB. The trick is to use leJOS, Java-based replacement firmware for the brick. [via The NXT Step] More: NXC: C Language for Mindstorms NXT LEGO NXT walker turns from both ends LEGO Mindstorms NXT and open source […]
