Technology

Upcoming Dorkbot Pittsburgh event

Upcoming Dorkbot Pittsburgh event

J. Eric Townsend of Dorkbot Pittsburgh writes: Join us at brillobox (Thursday 18 October, 7:30-9:30) for this month’s dorkbot pittsburgh. Our speakers will be: – Lori Hepner: Lori is an interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses on aspects of coding through spoken and computer language in digital culture. Ambiguous visual representations of binary code are used […]

WaterHobo: robotic trespasser sentry

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 […]

Lightning globe

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: […]