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 […]
Learning Arduino, programming, electronics? Here’s a MASSIVE tutorial on serial library and binary data with Arduinos – Ladyada is on a roll… Ah, Arduino, I remember when you were just crawling around and blinking LEDs. Now you’re ready to learn how to speak! In this lesson we’ll learn how to use the Serial Library to […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rosendahl writes – I just finished this yesterday. Based on an original design that I built in college, this is an LED lightshow that plugs into any audio source. (I have it on top of our home entertainment system, so it shows whatever we’re listening to or watching.) The display […]
The “Vanity Ring” project by Markus Kison is an interesting take on social status. The wearer inputs their name into the software which uploads the amount of mentions their name gets on a Google search onto the ring. From the description: “While in earlier times richness and importance were equal to the amount of money […]
