The fall workshop series at InterAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Toronto has been posted – InterAccess’s Interactive Art Workshop Series provides artists with the tools needed to begin exploring the creative uses of technology. Participants gain a solid technical foundation for realizing their artistic vision. Our workshops demonstrate how a computer can communicate with […]
Pyrofer created a full stereoscopic 3D game based on the PIC 18lf2620 using two LCDs and a modded Tomytronic 3D shark attack game – Link.
Matt Hartley @ Itmanagement has an interesting article about open source hardware (I found it because of the MAKE mention). Worth a read, post your thoughts in the comments – With open source software becoming a household name, another open source movement that may one day see some fanfare is already taking shape. Open source […]
If you’ve ever had to do any web testing, you’ve probably found that it’s a major pain trying to test out a site in multiple versions of IE, since new versions of IE tend to wipe out previous installs. I usually use a different virtual machine instance for different browsers and OSs I want to […]
And you thought that LittleDog video represented a leap-forward in robo-kind. The WD-2 (Waseda-Docomo face robot No.2) is a face-changing robot from the Takanishi Laboratory at Waseda University in Japan. Servo motors move armatures connected to contact points on a face mask made of Septon, a thermoplastic rubber. The face has 56 degrees of freedom […]
I don’t know from hot air soldering, so I can’t judge the details of this homemade rig, but it’s certainly a thorough Instructable. Hot air work/SMD soldering is something I need to break down and learn. Maybe you too? SparkFun has a decent tutorial . INSANELY HOT DIY Hot Air Soldering iron @ 15 Volts […]
Rob writes – Guido knew the secret to a perfect cuppa. It’s all in the timing. So he designed a battery-powered tea timer with a built-in LED display that will brew a perfect cup of tea every time. It’s simple: just fix a tea-bag on the tea timer’s extension arm, place a mug of hot […]
