Electronic life forms
Gorgeous photos of electronics and nature… Link.
Technology
Off-grid computer invites you to dream up charging methods
Here’s a green idea. How about forgetting the high power consuming computers you use everyday and invest in something that will save you lots in utility cash. The “Aleutia E1” desktop, designed for use in rural Africa consumes only 8W of power, which is 4% of what your typical 600W desktop machine powers from. It […]
Give yourself a sixth sense for wireless networks
I Make Projects writes – Amaze your friend(s) and terrify your enemies by granting yourself the ability to supernaturally sense wireless network hotspots! (Well, apparently supernaturally, anyway.) You will easily and quite literally “feel” wireless access points in the vicinity and automatically sense their signal strength as easily as you feel the wind on your […]
Circuit bending challenge winners
GetLoFi writes – Well everyone is a Winner in this competition because we all got to do something fun and walk away with an instrument! However 3 particular participants demonstrated not only excellent circuit bending skills, but also great production and entertainment values. And our top picks are… Circuit bending challenge winners – Link.
Annotate the web with ShiftSpace
ShiftSpace is an open source platform that uses Greasemonkey to place an API layer over the web. When you have the plugin installed, ShiftSpace connects back to a central server to locate “shifts” that other users have left behind for the URL you are viewing. By pressing shift+space on your keyboard, you get a list […]
The hackers in your neighborhood
Google recently added a collaboration feature to the “My Maps” area of Google Maps. Similar to the collaborative document editing in Google Docs, when you’ve made a map you can click the “Collaborate” link and share your map with specific people or the entire world. What’s cool is that when you do the latter, you’ve […]
Conductive paint LED helmet
Matt lit up his cool bike helmet with LEDs and conductive paint. Check out his neat graf tag, too! – Link. Related: LED bike helmet – Link. HOWTO – Make a LED bike light system – Link. Solar-powered bike helmet – Link.