Art made with rocket fuel, gunpowder and bullets – Happy 4th of July! 06/29/2008 Fourth of July fireworks might seem tame to Matt Stromberg via Gizmodo. The Savannah College of Art and Design professor...
NETGEAR does open source (hardware) router 06/29/2008 Part of open source hardware (can be) opening up firmware, in previous posts and talks about OSH (open source hardware)...
Kentucky melon farmer invented the mobile phone 100 years ago 06/29/2008 Nathan Stubblefield was granted a patent for a “portable” telephone 1908, happy 100th mobile phone! Check out some of the...
Twilight @ The Zune space – interactive illuminated chandelier 06/29/2008 Waldemeyer is one of my favorite makers on the planet, he’s latest work is an interactive illuminated chandelier for Microsoft’s...
Twitter Fail whale… a 3D sculpture from the MAKE Flickr photo pool 06/29/2008 MAKE Flickr photo pool member Hil writes – [Here’s] A little kinetic sculpture of the lovely Twitter Failwhale, based on...
VUW students create 3D printers 06/29/2008 Nice round up of VUW student work – creating 3D printers @ Ponoko via Beyond the beyond. Last week the...
The miles per gallon illusion (Miles per gallon vs. gallons per mile) 06/28/2008 Bunnie has an interesting write up about AAAS’s Science publication “The MPG Illusion” he writes… Here’s an interesting question. Suppose...
GPS logging Arduino shield 06/28/2008 Adafruit has released a GPS logging Arduino shield, freaking cool! Pop this on to an Arduino and you can make...
GPS dog tracking collar 06/28/2008 Garmin now has a GPS to keep track of your (hunting) dog… Interactive demo here. Garmin introduces a completely redesigned...
HOW TO – Attach stuff to walls without drilling holes 06/28/2008 Highwaykind shows you how to attach stuff to walls without drilling holes… I didn’t want to ruin my kitchen tiles...