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Home(re)made “Masters of the Universe He Man” alarm clock
Doug writes – I’ve been playing around with the Voice Recorder IC’s that were used on the Staples Easy Button Mod. The uses seem endless, however one thing comes to mind. From my childhood one of the toys that I remember really wasn’t a toy – but a clock. Yes, there was a talking “Masters […]
Sensory gaming
Crunchgear has a really interesting write up of Emotiv’s sensory gaming rig you wear on your head – The prototype device looks sort of like a smaller version of Professor X’s Cerebro mutant locator thing. It’s a headset with three separate arms than clasp around your head. Each arm contains myriad sensors that detect signals […]
Bluetooth Proximity Detection in OS X
Jesse David Hollington put together a set of scripts that automatically disables and enables his screensaver password when his cellphone comes in and out of Bluetooth range. Ideally, I would want to activate the OS X screen saver and enable the password protection when I move away from my computer (out of Bluetooth range), but […]
Bob had a problem with the thermal management
The latest Gadget Freak from Design News show you how to build a quarter-sized temperature recorder – NASA engineer Bob Wilson devised a technological solution for a bureaucratic problem: convince building maintenance that his office was frigid in the morning. By the time anyone responded to a call, the heat was on. So he programmed […]
The Mechanical hit counter
Matt sent in his mechanical hit counter, go ping it! I’ve always subscribed to the Rube Goldberg School of Engineering Design, the philosophy of which is “simple, elegant solutions are for the unimaginative”. These are words I can live by. Overengineered designs are where Art and Science meet, eye each other up a bit, sink […]