Never been able to realize your artistic vision on the old grey screen? Neil’s project may be of help – Anyone who has tried to use an Etch A Sketch knows that a good deal of co-ordination is needed in order to draw anything but horizontal and vertical lines. It quickly becomes obvious that a […]
Here’s an idea for a persistence of vision jumprope which displays cycles, time, or calories burned. It’s only a design concept at this point, but I’m sure some knowledgeable maker out there can beat it to the punch. Hmm, I wonder if the (somewhat) variable curvature of the rope would present a legibility problem – […]
If you allow user-contributed content in your site, you run into the problem of dealing with user supplied HTML in a safe manner. The most secure way of dealing with things, of course, is to strip or escape all HTML from user input fields. Unfortunately, there are many situations where it would be nice to […]
This “AirJelly” floating mechanical creature is a joy to watch: AirJelly houses two lithium-ion polymer accumulator batteries rated at 8 V and 400 mA, which can be completely charged in half an hour and are AirJelly’s sole source of power. A connected central electric drive unit transmits the force to a bevel gear wheel and […]
And you thought boardroom meeting where tedious and dull before. This one takes input from the InterWeb. Sprites mods: Online whiteboard [via] Related: More whiteboard drawbots Whiteboard hektor clone
It doesn’t get easier than this when you want to control a servo via a serial port. The whole circuit only requires 4 parts, and that is including the servo. Now that’s a simple circuit! A dedicated servo motor control IC has several obvious advantages, and is considerably less expensive than purchasing a large motor […]
The University of Pennsylvania created these modular robots that are able to recognize each other and assemble themselves into 1 larger robot. Once assembled, the larger robot is able to walk…theoretically. I just like the part where the guy kicks it! Via – Engadget – Shape Shifting Robots
