In Russia and other post Soviet countries there were a real craze on independence after they finally got it with USSR collapse. Sometimes this took some weird forms like, for example, making the globes of their own country. Yes, those were just like regular globes we used to see on geography classes but instead the whole world only their own country was mapped on it.
This proof-of-concept from DS_Labs hints at a what could be possible with a mobile physical-digital interface using a knob to control Google Earth.
Check out this DIY tablet mod from Chinese modster pandepig (google translation). Tear apart a plain vanilla 12″ laptop and stuff it in a clear polycarbonate laptop cover. Then add a touchscreen, controller, secure everything with some spacers, and you’ve got yourself a pretty decent frankenpad. It’s running Windows 7, but I’m sure you could run just about anything on it.
Dale Wheat is the creator of the Wee Blinky, tinyCylon, and Lux Spectralis kits. He’s one heck of a nice guy, and he’s going to be at Maker Faire next weekend teaching people to solder. Come on over to the Maker Shed workshop area to find out how you can learn to solder with Dale!
“Emmy-nominated Make: television.” Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Hard to image? Well, it’s true! We found out this weekend that Make: television was nominated in the “Outstanding Lifestyle Program” category for a Daytime Emmy! The show is up against Martha Stewart and This Old House. Martha? Kevin O’Connor? Move over! There’s a new face of […]
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics The icosahedron consists of twenty equilateral triangles, meeting five at each vertex. Here are two icosahedron constructions you can make from soda bottles. These were designed and built by Mario Marin, whose web site shows many creative ways to recycle household objects into polyhedral structures. Pairs of […]
Follow the Team Bobcat Ford Fiesta caravan… American Journey 2.0: AJtheFiesta takes Boulder By Laura Rich Apparently in need of a good road-trip stretch, AJ the Ford Fiesta checked into Yo Momma Yoga. “It was an auto-check-in,” explained T.J. Giuli, research engineer at Ford Infotronics, at a Tweetup at Bookends Cafe in Boulder, Colorado, the […]
