Technology

Home security with Twitter and a webcam

Shantanu Goel created a cool home security tool using Twitter and a linux application called Motion, a program that will monitor a webcam looking for differences between frames. When Motion detects movement, it archives a photo of the event and has the option of triggering an external script. Shantanu combined this with a simple curl […]

7 in 7: Day 6

Day 6 of 7 in 7 at ITP brought to life Text Classification Library for Processing, Elbow Detector, XBee LilyPad and Vindictive Printer. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. Days: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Gorgeous Pummer

Gorgeous Pummer

A BEAM Pummer, made with 16 BPW-34 Siemens Osram 1/8″ solar cells as the power source. Solar Engine 2 [via] From the pages of MAKE: Part robotic plant life, part techno-sculpture, these desktop toys are easy and fun to make, the pummer!. Here’s the free article, from the pages of MAKE 08 – Toys and […]

Quick and easy light-up bracelet

Quick and easy light-up bracelet

Instructables user craft-tech made this tutorial for making your own illuminated wrist cuff using nothing but scraps from your electronics shop floor. This is a great first project if you’re interested in conductive thread or sewing in general, and uses a mimeolight, which is a small programmable sewable LED. Given that it’s supposed to be […]

Milk plastic

Casein, a protein found in milk, can be easily precipitated from standard moo juice with vinegar and turned into a malleable homemade plastic. Coffeebot wrote an Instructable that shows you how: The final product is quite rigid when it’s thick (1/8 inch or thicker), moderately pliable when it’s a little thinner, and brittle if it’s […]

7 in 7: Day 4

The fourth day of 7 in 7 at ITP revealed Seasonal Salad Dress, Spammed!, Face the Web and “Cheating” Book Cover. Click on a picture to read about each one-day project in the 7 in 7 blog. Days: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7