How-To: Crochet Fruity Trivets And Pot Holders
These awesome crochet fruity trivets and pot holders from The Purl Bee are a perfect summer project. They are super cute and would make great housewarming gifts for friends! [via Makes Me Happy]
Year: 2010
Touchable holograms
Researchers at Tokyo University have come up with a technology that they hope could be a significant step away from the mouse and keyboard: touchable holograms. Hiroyuki Shinoda, professor at Tokyo University says: “Up until now, holography has been for the eyes only, and if you’d try to touch it, your hand would go right […]
TRRSTAN, the audio controlled cellbot
The folks over at cellbots.com are at it again. Meet TRRSTAN, a cellbot controlled via the audio jack on a mobile handset. The site is a little vague on the details, but whatever they’ve got going on should ultimately drive down the price tag. Add an approachable way to program it and you’d have yourself one heck of a low-cost robotics platform.
Beginner’s guide to making an Arduino shield PCB
I like the look of this guide to designing your own Arduino shield. Goes from CAD design to PCB fabbing with great detail.
How-To: Build an Amateur Photography Rig
Looking to improve your documentation photography on the cheap?
MAKE, CRAFT, O’Reilly spotted on The IT Crowd set
If you’ve ever seen the Emmy-award-winning British geek sitcom The IT Crowd, you’ve probably spent half of your time scanning the background to pick out all of the great nerd collectibles and high-techery crammed into every scene. On the Channel4 website for the show, they have a zoomable, pannable tour of the IT basement and […]
Automatic Time-Lapse Photography of a MakerBot print
Marty McGuire has been hard at work teaching his Makerbot to take automatic time-lapse videos as it prints parts.