Month: June 2010

New in the Maker Shed: TV-B-Gone Pro

New in the Maker Shed: TV-B-Gone Pro

The new TV-B-Gone Pro is a marvel to behold! TV-B-Gone Pro works the same way the TV-B-Gone keychain works, but it is way more powerful because it has more emitters and uses a bigger battery. Instead of the batman-like keychain, this new version looks like a small mP3 player, it even has a headphone jack […]

Knitted Brain

Ben Cuevas knitted up this impressive fiber brain. Unlike other knitted brains which use coiled cord, Ben’s used increased and decreases to model the folded surface. More: Knitted Brain Undercover’s Knit Brain Bag The Museum of Fabric Brain Art

Nixie tubes + concrete block = cool clock

Nixie tubes + concrete block = cool clock

Check out Norwegian maker Hans Jørgen Grimstad’s concrete & nixie clock. (The video shows some sort of test, not the regular clock operation.) Hans’s website is in Norwegian, and Google Translate doesn’t savvy Norwegian very well, so its operation is somewhat mysterious. However, I do see that there’s an XBee involved. Hans, would you care […]