Tempusmaster writes – “Beermat wanted have his robot try roller skating or cross country skiing. His creative solution involved hacking some cheap ($7) miniature skateboards, and fabricating a set of ski poles. The results turned out to be surprisingly good.” – Link.
What do you do with 6 PCI USB cards with 5 USB ports each? Chop off the ends of course and wire up a BBQ – [via] – Link & translated page. Related: Homemade USB cup warmer – Link.
Curious about Daguerreotype photos? I was. Jonathan takes you on a tour on what goes in to this old and fantastic photographic art – “The Daguerreotype was the first patented photographic process. Patented by Daguerre in 1839 after ripping off substantial portions of the technology from Joseph-Nicephore Niepce in the 1820s and 1830s, the Daguerreotype […]
Rybitski took a broken car stereo and (re)made a home version that uses a computer monitor that lights up, he writes – “My friend, Jeremy came to me with a car stereo and an idea. He wanted to use the car stereo as a normal stereo because motorized faceplate no longer worked. We settled on […]
Larry scored a Jabra Bluetooth headset for under $20 and after a quick trip to the craft mart made a banana phone – [via] Thanks Steve! – Link. Related: Turn a brick cell phone into a Bluetooth headset – Link. Ringringringringringringring banana phone – Link. Cell phone hacks, mods and more – Link.
Barry @ HeadFuzz writes – “This project details the steps to build your own Open Source (musical) keyboard which connects to a computer via USB and sends MIDI signals. This is achieved using an AN2131 development board. The AN2131 is now discontinued, so development boards can be bought cheaply on eBay. Alternatively you could use […]
The latest Forbes has a robot round up, 7 robots that will change your life, along with 25 of the greatest moments in robot history. There’s also a profile of our friends at iRobot, at the end of the article it seems like we can expect a robot lawnmower from iRobot soon, huh – “One […]
