Jon writes in – Build it Green! invites you to come and be a part of our Second Annual Volunteer Day on Saturday April 28 th! Volunteer Day starts at 1pm and ends at 5pm, four short hours, but invaluable to our organization. Build It Green! Is New York City’s only non-profit retail outlet for […]
For a lot of of Linux devotees, gaming has always been the reason for keeping an extra Windows machine, so it’s pretty interesting to see this barrier crumbling. Hackszine reader Michael Becker writes: I’d love for you guys to talk some about using Linux as an alternative to Vista. Personally I’ll be using Linux with […]
Matt writes in – Here is a 47 sec. clip of my latest bot I call Infra-Tank due to the fact that it is controlled with my infrared stereo remote controller. This is a custom design/build, but is based on the parallax boe-bot. The tank tread kit is from tamiya and the aluminum plate chassis […]
Lentilinux kitty fishing writes – [Here’s] a turbocharger based mini turbine which combusts wood rather than hydrocarbon based fuel… Sounds like an instant outdoor winter weather Canadian in-pool heater to me! NT/6 Wood Burning Turbine – Link.
Dug North writes – I have made some additions and put the finishing touches on an automaton I started a few years ago: A Boybot and His Dogbot. Stylistically, this piece is different than my other automata in that I have used geometric shapes for the figures and have decided to leave the wood unfinished. […]
You Can Draw Star Wars by Bonnie Burton Book Page – Link. Bonnie Burton’s Web Site – Link. As a kid I was always taught the importance of picking up a pencil to draw. You Can Draw Star Wars by Bonnie Burton is a new book that’s refreshed my memory about the art of drawing […]
Lenore writes – Fused deposition machines are an interesting class of rapid prototyping and art robots, capable of extruding paint onto a canvas or extruding to build up complex, three-dimensional objects one layer at a time. Naturally, one of the challenging parts of designing machines like these is designing and building a system for dispensing […]
