Apple TV 2G teardown
Curious to find out what’s inside the new Apple TV 2G? The folks over at iFixit performed a teardown recently and found what makes the little set-top box tick.
Year: 2010
Animated LED pumpkin
This animated LED pumpkin, built by my HacDC cohort David Kaufman, uses a PIC16F648 microcontroller to individually control 25 LEDs in a styrofoam pumpkin. A Windows app is also available to edit the animations (which are then rebuilt into a PIC app). LED Pumpkin More: Don’t forget, we have our own DIY Haunts contest running […]
Homebrew IC Squisher makes DIP chips managable
The fine folks at oomlaut were tired of straightening the leads on their dual inline package (DIP)-style components, so they built an IC Squisher (ICSQ) machine to do it for them.
Doughnut That Looks Like a Bagel
Bagels and doughnuts share the same body type. It’s no revelation. But somehow, I still find this doughnut that was doctored to look like a poppyseed bagel with cream cheese delightful and clever. The cream cheese is actually cream cheese frosting.
Lots of steam engines this Saturday in East Greenwich, RI
Yankee Steam-Up: For model makers, Machinists, Engineers & Historians
DJ Battle Hoodies
So delightfully bizarre! Mika Satomi and Clemens Pichler developed these DJ hoodies with soft switches, zipper switches, and a knit stretch sensor to help performers engage in a DJ battle. Their project documentation is stellar! DJ Hoodie is a wearable interface that includes 4 channel zipper switch, fabric buttons with LED indicators and fabric pressure […]
Leaf Creatures
I’m finally accepting that it’s truly autumn, so I gasped with delight when I saw these amazing leaf creatures by Mortéza Esmaîli Sohi. They’re called “des feuilles tres, tres chouettes” which translates roughly as very, very cute leaves, which indeed they are. I’ve of course seen artwork made out of leaves and flowers before, but […]
