The Maker Faire caravan passes by Jack Sparx’s (a.k.a. John Dyer’s) mad scientist’s lair to pick up a cache of high-voltage toys to truck to Austin. Ah… the techno-carny life. Jack Sparx 2K7 takes his toys to Austin! – Link
Tim Higgins had some problems with kids cutting through his yard. His solution is a water cannon sentry that watches the yard and hoses down trespassers. I’m dreaming of making something like this to keep the squirrels off of my tomatoes, so it’s cool to see what worked and what didn’t in Tim’s system. I […]
Think the new iMacs are too big? You haven’t seen anything smaller than the desktop MiniMac. Chunkier than an iPhone with all the nostalgia of late 90s iMacs. MiniMac project page Link
Back before Google, a lot of hackers were writing search engines in their free time. The general consensus, at least from my own recollection, was that search was a problem that needed to be solved, and that all the current solutions more or less sucked. Today, search encompasses a huge territory and there are still […]
This Instructable, involving high-voltage electricity, shows how to create a “lightning globe.” Probably not a good idea for most people to mess with, but the results sure look cool. This globe was done by the same guy who make a lethal electric fence from a computer monitor. Make your own Lightning Globe! – Link Related: […]
Super handy Dynamic Periodic Table! Good ole’ AJAX is there anything you can’t do? – [via] Link. MASSIVE Periodic Table round up: Periodic table gets a makeover – Link. LEGO periodic table of elements – Link. The Wooden Periodic Table Table – Link. Periodic table of tools – Link. Periodic Table of the Internet – […]
Trossen Robotics runs a monthly contest to encourage interesting and innovative robot-related projects. The winning entry this month (September) is an art piece called White Lies, a mysterious robot painting machine housed in old sewing cabinet that paints as you approach and touch it. First place winners of the contest get a $200 Trossen Robotics […]
