Heath Nash’s Bottle Pendant
This recycled plastic bottle lamp is very cool!
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How-To: Skate box
If you skate park is too crowded or you don’t have one at all, try following Instructables user nonoodlez’s guide to making a light, easy skate box.
Meet Sniff, the RFID dog
Sara Johanssons’s Sniff toy is finally ready for prime time. This adorable plush dog uses an RFID reader, vibrating motors and Arduino WaveShield to make a really awesome toy with all kinds of fun interactions. The video is oh-so sweet and a must-watch. [via Touch]
Heads-up iPhone AR navigation system
Tokyo-based Ubiquitous Entertainment has built the iPhone ARider, a portable head-mounted navigation prototype.
Highlights from TransWorld Halloween show 2009
If you’re short on inspiration for your haunted house this year, you need look no further than this video by Terra of HalloweenForum.com showing the highlights of her visit to the 2009 annual TransWorld Halloween & Attractions Show. Highlights include a door that dents inward as an ax murderer apparently chops on it from the other side, a struggling victim chained in a box full of water, and giant vampire bats that swoop down from the ceiling.
MAKEcation: Teach Your Family to Solder winners!
Flickr member Leviathan34 is the winner of the MAKEcation: Teach Your Family to Solder challenge! A teen, he was the only entrant who actually taught his entire family. He and his mother, father, sister, and little brother all worked on a Joule thief. We asked our Solder Challenge Camp Counselor Dave Hrynkiw to choose the […]
Electrobike Pi
Spotted this sexy commercial electric bicycle in a back issue of Popular Science at the barber shop today. It’s called Pi, and the company that makes it is based out of San Francisco. The magazine article claims it uses a Nu Vinci continuously-variable transmission but the official company specs now only mention a Shimano 8-speed. Sounds like they’re still working out the kinks. Something to keep an eye on, though.