3D Printed Knife Sharpener
Pop Ben Chapman’s 3D printed knife sharpener onto the bottom of a standard coffee mug to use the unglazed portion of the vessel to hone a blade.
Computers & Mobile
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Quick Bits — Media and Audio
Serious Media Player For geeky people (like me) who want really serious hardware that looks really serious, the Wolverine ESP media player ($329 and up, wolverinedata.com) is about as serious as you can get. Seemingly styled by engineers for the pocket-protector set, you’ll certainly need a pocket protector for this hefty 10-ounce package. The 3.6″ […]
Using USB Foot Pedals With a Standing Desk
NYC Resistor’s Trammell Hudson is using Midi effects pedals to create keyboard events like cutting and pasting. I’ve recently switched to a standing desk from Geek Desk and wanted to be able to free my hands for more important things, like drinking coffee. The foot pedals are a cast off Behringer FCB1010 MIDI foot controller, […]
How-To: Embed an RFID Card in an iPhone
Based on this recent work from Londonite Dhani Sutanto, Becky over at Adafruit just posted this cool tutorial on how to install the antenna and chip from an RFID passcard, such as the MBTA’s CharlieCard transit pass, inside your iPhone.
Introducing a USB RGB LED Status Light, the blink(1)
The wonderful gang at ThingM (makers of the blinkM smart LED) have announced an interesting new product is in the works, the blink(1) programmable USB RGB LED status indicator. Plug the little open source nub into most any USB port – laptop, desktop, server, some Android phones, DD-WRT router – and then you can use […]
iPhone Papercraft Passive Amplifier
This iPhone Papercraft Passive Amplifier from the folks at Eco Made is a die cut piece of 100% post consumer chipboard that you can fold together into a fully functional passive amplifier. It comes unassembled flat, so it’s easy to store until you’re ready to use it.
Touring The Future With Texas Instruments
Yes, those are my veins. This series of images was generated by the Christie DLP VeinViewer [PDF]. This device projects infrared light onto your hand. A camera detects areas with blood vessels near the skin because blood doesn’t reflect the IR light, but the surrounding tissue does. The resulting image is projected onto my hand by […]