Alarm clock/countdown timer kit
I just finished making the Denkimono alarm clock/countdown timer kit, tons of fun and I’ll have this clock for the rest of my life – great kit! Link.
Technology
Desk drawer junk motor on BBTV
On today’s Boing Boing TV, MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder shows how to make a simple electric motor out of stuff you probably have in your desk drawer. This is the same project that was in the premier Howtoons column in MAKE Volume 01. Mark’s Motor/EcoNouveau Fashion on BBTV – Link From the pages of MAKE: […]
Geotag your videos
The latest version of Google Earth added a layer for geotagged YouTube videos. So far, it seems like a lot of people are using this feature for documenting landmarks, attractions and live recordings of things like music, sporting events, backpacking trips, urban skateboarding, etc. If you have a geospatially relevant video that you want to […]
Halloween -Make spooky eyes for $1
Super easy and super creepy Halloween eyes… – [via] Link.
HOW TO – Build an electric organ
Popular Science 1933 – WITH its deep, mellow notes, the electric organ is fast gaining the musical limelight. As a rule, these instruments are large and costly. Yet, for the price of a new hat, you can build a duplicate of a small organ that was featured in a recent coast-to-coast radio broadcast. Complete, the […]
PyGPU – write software for the GPU in Python
The dedicated video hardware in most modern PCs can perform a number of algorithms at blazingly fast speeds, particularly those involving large matrix or vector operations. PyGPU allows you to access this computational power from a familar high-level language. Haven’t you ever dreamt of writing code in a very high level language and have that […]
Dorkbot Sydney at Electrofringe Festival
Pia van Gelder of Dorkbot Sydney writes: Dorkbot Sydney recently held a two day electronics workshop in Newcastle at a festival called Electrofringe. The workshop was designed by Aras Vaichas an engineer/artist/dorkbotter from Sydney. We posted an account of the festival including details of the two machines we all made (the Nibbler and the Brainlet). […]