Animated GIFs show how mechanisms work 08/24/2010 What better way to explain the way complicated mechanical devices work than by using an animated GIF? [Via Core77]
Elegant POV clock 08/24/2010 Kizo, of Croatia, wrote in to share his excellent POV clock, which he calls a propeller clock. According to Kizo...
Cargo Bike: Kid-hauling edition 08/24/2010 Darrel Anderson of Bon Accord, AB, merged a couple of unused bikes into a cargo bike — except instead of...
WaterValveShield controls your garden spigot 08/23/2010 First Ray built a minty water valve controller that gave him control over a garden water supply, then he turned...
What are your favorite hackerspace projects? 08/23/2010 Remember Adam Cecchetti and Bre Pettis’s Sudo Make Me a Sandwich Robot? That’s the sort of genius that gets cooked...
Dirty Electronics weekend laboratory 08/22/2010 This class looks interesting, Dirty Electronics, September 18th-19th in Nottingham, UK. Dirty electronics refers to an approach in electronic music...
Open science group forming in Chicago 08/22/2010 Sacha De’Angeli wrote in to share his plans to help organize an open science group in Chicago. I’m really interested...
3D illusion paintings 08/22/2010 I love the optical illusion art of French art collective Paper Donut. [Via NotCot]
NXT + PVC = waterfall tester 08/21/2010 The NXTStep’s Brian Davis wanted to throw something over a waterfall. Why not a NXT, and log some data? Brian...
The beginning and end of life, a wall animation 08/21/2010 More great wall animation by BLU! BIG BANG BIG BOOM: an unscientific point of view on the beginning and evolution...
