April 9th: global internet of things day? 01/20/2010 The folks at Council, think tank focused on the Internet of Things, have declared April 9th the Global Internet of...
Flat-pack bike helmet: wear at your own risk? 01/20/2010 This project by design students Julien Bergignat and Patrice Mouille seems cool at first, but Fast Company’s Cliff Kuang points...
Rubik’s Cube lesson plans 01/19/2010 Teachers, need a topic for an upcoming class? Why not teach the cube? The You CAN Do The Rubik’s Cube...
Alt.CES: Video-recording ball point pen 01/19/2010 The stylish looking black ballpoint pen has hidden talents as it contains a pinhole video camera so small you almost...
Awesome Mindstorms tank video 01/18/2010 The model itself is extremely sophisticated. It packs, among its other components, a HiTechnic gyro sensor, presumably to help it...
Alt.CES: Flexible e-paper newspapers 01/18/2010 Oddly, electronics manufacturer LG chose not to announce their revolutionary-seeming invention — flexible e-paper in A3 size — at CES....
Sleepsuit great for spontaneous naps 01/18/2010 Buckminster Fuller practiced Dymaxion Sleeping, where one has four 30 minute naps over a period of 24 hours. Architect/ Artist/...
Mandelbrot set viewer 01/17/2010 Adam Wolf, hardware hacker and member of Twin Cities Maker, has created an Arduino-based viewer for Mandelbrot sets. Adam’s website...
Erector sculpture 01/17/2010 Artist Harold Hoy makes sculptures out of Erector girders. The works of Harold Hoy have centered on the complex relationship...
Everything I need to know I learned from D&D 01/17/2010 Last night I gave a talk at IgniteOKC, Oklahoma City’s part of the Ignite series of talking events, called ‘All...