Way back in 2001, Kenneth Maxon of the Seattle Robotics Society built his own Real-time Laser Range Finding Vision System using naught but a laser pointer, NTSC video camera, a bit of custom electronics, and a Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD).
Why I am not getting an iPad…. because Apple gave my pre-order to someone else. These were/are for the iPad laser etching contest, looks like Apple is having supply issues and gave the iPads to retail stores instead of the pre-ordered folks, makes sense – I am not an angry mob outside a giant glass […]
– It’s quite the environmentally-friendly device: * Arsenic-free display glass * BFR-free * Mercury-free LCD display * PVC-free * Recyclable aluminum and glass enclosure – The display assembly comes off fairly easily, no need for a heat gun! – The main board is secured to the back panel by T3 Torx screws. “We have never […]
Aaron Waychoff of DINO Studios came up with a simple way to create an iPad Physical Object Interface.
Look, it’s not an iPad! It’s the Maker’s Notebook!! No need to stand in line to purchase one, nor to engage in debate with tech pundits about its closed ecosystem. David Letterman is highly unlikely to come to your house and lick it. (No guarantee implied.)
Oh, my — we’re certainly in the midst of a scrum, aren’t we? A shark’s frenzy of pundits who received the new gadget are trumpeted its virtues across the Web. Xeni’s review called the iPad a touch of genius. Levy declared the device giant leap for personal computers. Letterman licked it, and Woz is buying […]
The art of Chinese paper cutting (jian zhi) goes to a whole new level with these papercut false eyelashes featured on Ecouterre. For more on Chinese paper cutting, see my previous post from February for Chinese New Year.
