Behinduino great for breadboard Arduino prototyping
Over at MAKE: Japan, Takumi Funada found this nifty project that squeezes an Atmega168 onto the back side of a half breadboard, leaving the entire front available for connections.
Month: May 2010
Kitchen 101: Roasting Garlic
By Katie Goodman Roasted garlic is a great way to add flavor depth to a dish: toss it in with a pasta dish, mash it into mashed potatoes, puree it into marinades or even spread it just as is on a piece of toast. If you’ve never roasted your own garlic before, have no fear. […]
laser-etched brain model
Flickr user yksong’s model of the brain uses a series of laser-etched transparent panels. [via The Ponoko blog]
LOST Silkscreened Prints By Ty Mattson
I’m still sad that the TV show LOST has ended but am loving all the creative ways in which the show is still being celebrated. These retro-style LOST posters by designer Ty Mattson are a couple of my favorite. I can still see Hurley starting up the VW van and the numbers one brings me […]
Giant Cardboard Robot Gate Crashes Maker Faire
Roaming the grounds at the Maker Faire was a Giant Cardboard Robot. A gate-crashing giant cardboard robot. He was tromping through the faire greeting guests, but was also seen dancing to jug band with a moss covered Swamp Kirin. Surrealism at it’s finest. Photo by Flickr user sassymonkeymedia.
Giant cardboard robot suit
Jason Lentz shows off his impressive cardboard exoskeleton at Maker Faire. To hear Jason tell it, the arms were the only tricky part to make. There’s more info at the project’s Facebook group and in Jason’s Flickr collection.
Remixing with swing
Sweet Child O’ Mine (Swing Version) by plamere White Rabbit – The Swing Version by plamere Tristan Jehan‘s Swinger does a heckuva good job adding a convincing swing to prerecorded music. Written in Python, the code uses the Echo Nest Remix API to time-stretch half of each beat while condensing the remainder. Check out more […]