New PopSci site
Congrats to our friends at Popular Science for opening a giant can of update, the new site is great! – Link & DIY section. My only request is to put up a RSS feed for the DIY section.
Technology
Antique brain wave synchronizer
One of the first mind machines ever sold commercially, this metal strobe box weighs in at a substantial 15 pounds – a bit heavier than the LED entrainment glasses used today. One of the first commercially available mind machines came some time later in the late 1950’s. Its construction was inspired by reports from radar […]
The Blink Box Box
Craig Hickman created this simple Arduino powered LED toy as an experiment in CNC machining. The case is made of clear plastic, which allows the viewer to marvel at his homemade Arduino board. The LEDs change flashing patters whenever the luminosity level dips below threshold. This lets you change patterns by passing your hand over […]
DIY – USB analog gauges
This is a nice write-up on interfacing analog meters via USB. The project is fairly complicated, and you have to have good soldering skills to make it all work. Don’t forget, an Arduino can do this kind of thing, and it might be a little easier too! In a sort of retro mash-up, we’ll make […]
HOW TO – Make a remote telephone ring indicator
The latest “Gadget Freak” from design news shows you how to make a remove telephone ringing indicator – You leave your cubicle to get a cup of coffee. You get a few feet and hear a phone ring. Is it yours? You dash back and nope, not yours. You head back for the coffee and […]
How to monitor your gas meter
Poul-Henning Kamp wants to track his natural gas usage. He knows that his meter has an impulse output port, but it is hidden inside the sealed meter. I know this wouldn’t stop a lot of our readers from figuring out how to use it, but he has a very clever, non-obtrusive solution, to the problem. […]
openFrameworks workshop in London
Rock stars Theo Watson and Zach Lieberman will be running a Tinker.it workshop on their platform openFrameworks: This is the first ever UK workshop on openFrameworks, a cross-platform C++ library for creative coding, and an opportunity to experiment with building new systems for interaction that move away from the screen and into physical space. This […]