MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
Weekly Flickr Pool Round Up For March 13, 2011, at Make: Online.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Giant etch-a-sketch built using projector
Members of the Manchester, UK hakcerspace HAC:Manchester used a projector, an Arduino, and some rotary encoders to build this giant project-a-sketch. Here’s a video of it in use by Maria of littlestar.tv: [via Hackerspaces Soup] More: Sketch3D, the 3D Etch A Sketch Print Your Own CNC Etch-A-Sketch Gears Mouse-A-Sketch Toys for Bots – Arduino controlled […]
Working Handheld Homemade Pulse Laser Weapon
The claim of penetrating a razor-blade impresses me, although I note the only metal penetration in the video is thin aluminum, which has been painted, possibly so that it will absorb more light energy. There’s also some cool shots capturing the pulsed-laser’s plasma ball in midair.
Make: Projects – Doortop Stash
What does the top edge of say, your utility closet door look like? I’m betting that you’ve probably never seen it, even if you’ve lived in your home for awhile. And although there’s not a lot of room to hide stuff in there, well, if you’re like me, the stuff you want to hide is usually on the smaller side. Not many people think of the space inside the door as a hiding spot, but it’s right there in easy reaching distance when you need to get to it. And it’s devious enough that, yes, I think this trick will still be effective even after we blog it all over the tubes.
First Two Mod Men Episodes
If you’re into casemodding, you’ll likely appreciate this web series built on the tried and true formula of car, motorcycle, home-customizing shows. It’s been described as “American Choppers for geeks” (casemodding geeks, anyway). Mod Men
Kinect + Open Drivers + Physics Engine = Piles of Kickable Corpses
The net result is a system that recognizes your movements and allows you to interact with virtual objects using the sophisticated physics of Valve’s engine, as the embedded video demonstrates. Don’t miss the bit at 0:30 where John, in the person of a giant robomechanical avatar, kicks a pile of virtual bodies across the screen.
Office Device Lets You Know When to Go
Andy Frey writes in to announce the iPotti, developed using the Make Controller: So, we have this issue at the office with our single-person bathrooms. We have one “m” bathroom and one “w” bathroom. We have 40+ people in the office. Many people who sit out-of-sight from the bathrooms often walk all the way across […]