John writes: I saw this today at Paper Forest. It’s a website that has about 40 ways to fold a sheet of paper into an envelope. May not sound all that cool but once you take a look at the amazing designs you will change your mind. We agree — there are some interesting problems to be solved, and maybe even some interesting solutions for your own fabrication problems. Link
Jay Brewer writes My daughter is currently obsessed with Fireflies – and if you’ve ever seen them in person, you’ll become obsessed too….The Firefly lights have an “electronic brain” that makes Firefly Magic fireflies flash, flicker, and fade just like Mother Nature’s real fireflies and each is sealed in a waterproof case, insuring the microprocessor and electronics will last for many years. Link
This site features free plans for a human-powered hand-built scroll saw, a scroll saw bench, and plans for a wooden coat hanger to get you started on your first scroll saw project. Hat tip to the folks at land-o-links.com – thanks!. Link
Andrew points us to RipTide’s Arcade Style Dance Dance Revolution metal pad:
A small project site with instructions on how to make your very own home built metal Dance Dance Revolution dance pad. Once built you can play it on your PS1/2. If your a hardcore fan, you can also get a Playstation to USB adapter and run Stepmania so you can play Dance Dance Revolution on your computer! Link.
We’ll cover whatever is announced on Tuesday’s big Apple event, but Kevin Rose seems to have the scoop. Cingular will announce an iTunes compatible phone – the “Rocker”. New 2GB ipod called the “Nano” – it will sport a color screen and will be much smaller and thinner than a mini. Price = $199. Link.
Using a small Linux distro like Puppy Linux and open source emulator like QEMU,it is possible to run and stop Linux like normal windows programs. By creating virtual hard disks and using software like WinImage you can actually transfer data between Linux and Window. You can also create a virtual network between Windows and the guest OS for sharing and transferring files. And not to forget SAMBA in this context. Link.
John sent in his USB Flash Drive HotWheels car mod. I stuffed a USB Flash Drive into a HotWheels Ferrari convertible. Basically, I had a USB drive that the case had fallen off and chose this opportunity to mod a different case rather than gluing the old case back on. I also made a little video of the build using a modded CVS camera. Link.
