How-To: Scraper Bike Wheels
Dan on Instructables breaks down some different scraper bike styles for us, providing some methods for getting the biggest bling for your buck. More: Maker Faire: Original Scraper Bikes
Year: 2010
LittleDog robot learns how to traverse rough terrain
LittleDog, the cool, creepily agile robot that Gareth posted about in 2007, has received an upgrade. This is the more advanced version of this robot, created by the University of Southern California. The robot is completely autonomous and trained by machine learning algorithms. The video is real-time, i.e., not sped up. [via The NXTstep]
Knit Log Cabin Baby Blanket
I am loving the bright, bold colors of this knit log cabin baby blanket by The Purl Bee. It looks like a fun way to knit and work on a baby blanket without getting bored of knitting one single huge piece with the same color of yarn. I must make a note of this wonderful […]
ArduIMU quadcopter drone
Packed with infrared and ultrasonic sensors, the ArduIMU Quadcopter from maker Jose Julio can hover in place and avoid objects.
EVO 4G rooted
Looks like the Sprint EVO 4G has been rooted. That’s close to two weeks before it’s set to launch. There aren’t many details other than the group responsible acquired their phones at Google I/O and have yet to publish their methods.
An iris by any other name?
Right, so, here’s a question for the nomenclaturally aware mechanical engineers in the audience. Last weekend, I was exposed to two equally awesome objects that include radially-opening apertures that I call “irises.” The first, to left, is Alan Rorie’s Aperture Lamp, which includes an adjustable opening to control the amount of light it emits. The […]
Cardboard irising peephole model
Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow picked up my post yesterday about Christopher Schaie’s gorgeous brass and wood irising door peephole, and within a few hours one of his fans made a cardboard replica and presented it to him, in person, at a book-signing. And then Cory blogged the replica. All within the space of 24 hours. The internet is an amazing thing.