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Gene writes – Rigid Chips is almost like a virtual set of legos, except you have parts like V8 engines, rocket thrusters, laser ring gyroscopes, and guns. You can also add scripting to your models so you can make things like segways and autonomous vehicles. If your really ambitious you can also script “scenarios” or […]
Justin sent in some photos from his electro etching for a computer case using just salt water, it looks kind of like bacon, sweet metal bacon – Link. Related: Saltwater etch process – Link.
John writes in – I picked up some of these Point of Sale Touchscreen Systems on the cheap, so I set one up to boot into PBSKids.Org in a captive Firefox window (full screen, no menus). The kids are 3 years old, and 18 months old, and they love to click around. PBS Kids.Org is […]
If you use twitter (and happen to have a compatible phone) you can automatically have your phone send where you’re physically at to twitter, this could be interesting for applications like our MAKE space balloon or DIY tracking — Link. Previous: DIY GPS tracking with Mologogo – Link. Use mologogo with Google Earth (tracking with […]
This is awesome, reallife xeyes! – [via] Link.
This is pretty rad, play the pipe organ – and with MIDI! …Hauptwerk version 2, the pioneering virtual organ system that can bring the experience and sound of playing any pipe organ from anywhere in the world within the reach of almost anyone with a home computer and MIDI keyboard or MIDI sequencer, with incredible […]
GeekDad has some places to your kids, all in the sciency/MAKE spirit too! Places to go with your kids Google MyMap by Scott Nagle – [via] Link. Related: MAKE shops – Link. Cool MAKE places – Link. MAKE playlist – Link.
