Wiley has a 46+ page PDF on how to make your own DIY auto-camera trigger – [via] – Link (PDF). From the pages of MAKE: Kite Aerial Photography Puts Your Eye in the Sky. To take pictures from a kite, you need three things: a kite, a camera, and a special rig that attaches the […]
Brian writes – This is still pretty much a work-in-progress, but I did manage to create a successful heliostat (sun tracker) from the above TEAC model FD-235HF 3.5″ floppy drive. This procedure will likely work just fine, with a bit of adaptation, on any drive new enough to have CMOS logic on its chipset. This […]
This is interesting, “Blastwavelabs” bought a portable cell phone jammer from a company called DealExtreme, it appears the jammer ships set to frequencies outside North America but it can be modded to work by turning the trim pots a bit (small potentiometers to tune/trim the voltage)… I’m not sure that would actually work that great […]
Jon Maddox made a nifty tool that let’s you easily create web application bookmarks that dock on your iPhone’s home screen. Tired of going all the way to MobileSafari on your iPhone to use web apps that were built with the “sweet” iPhone SDK? Provide iPhone Apper with a URL, name, and icon… and iPhone […]
It’s the end of the weekend. Have you watched this week’s Weekend Projects podcast and read the pdf that goes along with it? Watch and learn how to play with electronics on a breadboard! – Subscribe Link
If you’re going to be in the Washington, DC area between Sept 7-23, you might want to check out some of the Sonic Circuits Festival. From the press release: The American Composers Forum Washington DC Chapter and volunteer coordinators/curators are proud to present an expanded SONIC CIRCUITS festival for 2007. Last year’s event presented four […]
Google Maps added a quick embed feature which lets you quickly add any map to your web site. Prior to this, you needed to have a Google Maps API key, which is fine if you are developing a larger application, but a pain if you just want to make a blog post with embedded directions. […]
