Build a Galvanic Skin Response Sensor for the iPhone
The Biosensing and Networked Performance workshop at conference at ISEA 2011 in Istanbul helped participants create their own GSR sensor for the iPhone. [Via Arduino]
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Life-Size Lego “Gears of War” Rubber Band Gun w/ Working Chainsaw
Um. Wow. It’s attributed to MOCPages member PLUM B, and here described by The Brothers Brick: “[F]eatures a clip-fed firing mechanism that shoots rubber bands – perfect for taking out the paper Locust horde. If that’s not enough, the saw blade on the front of the gun is motorized for slice and dice action.”
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Highlights from the MAKE Flickr pool this week include more life-size transformers, a geodesic dome made of bamboo, a side-by-side hybrid bicycle with a surfboard in between, and more! Check it out!
Arduino-based KENBAK-1 Recreation
Mark Wilson of New Zealand created an Arduino-based emulation of the KENBAK-1, one of the first, if not THE first personal computer, released 40 years ago. Fully assembled and powered on. The LED indicates that the INPUT register is being displayed, pressing the 8 buttons on the left will toggle the corresponding bits and LEDs. […]
DIY Capacitive Touch Brush Stylus
Check out this capacitive touch brush stylus from Instructables user Margarita Benites. Using an old paint brush and some conductive thread, Benites recreates a traditional paint brush stylus that works with modern capacitive touch screen devices such as tablets and handsets for a fraction of the cost of a commercial version.
Analog Tide Computers and the D-Day Invasion
Bruce Parker, former Chief Scientist and eleven-year veteran of NOAA’s National Ocean Service, wrote this fascinating article in the September issue of Physics Today. It covers the technical history
of the science of tide prediction leading up to the beautiful mechanical computers developed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to quickly extrapolate recorded tide patterns into useful predictions, and goes on to explain how those computers were critical in planning the Normandy landings.
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Rounding-up the best and most beautiful shots in the MAKE Flickr pool this week was a real challenge. The popularity of the pool has been taking off over the past few weeks; that plus the “high tide” in the aftermath of World Maker Faire NY means tons of great images I wasn’t able to include here!
