This is a cool little Flash app that allows you to move a cube on screen by moving your hand, this would make a good FrontRow mod… – “Minority Cube allows you to control the rotation of the cube on the screen by moving your hand (or yourself) in front of your webcam. It understands […]
Robotdreams writes – Filip Verhaeghe, the publisher of the bnxt.com weblog, just posted a detailed article including photos and videos that documents how the popular GUPI, robot guinea pig was originally developed. Filip was one of the key developers on the project, and explains a lot of the design trade-offs and issues they encountered. He’s […]
These little speakers, woofers, are headless dogs with speakers mounted inside of them. I wouldn’t really buy these, but it’s a neat idea if you happen to spot a couple pair of ceramic/plastic dogs at a thrift shop or garage sale and want to make your own… [via] – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Shygantic made a DIY version of a “Fig Rig” / small DV camera stabilizer out of PVC – Link. Related: Manfrotto’s Fig Rig (commercial version) – Link. $14 Video Camera Stabilizer. You don’t have $10,000 to spend on a Steadicam? Make this ultra-low-cost video camera stabilizer and see how much […]
Ken writes – “Saw your post on the blog about making ferrofluid. If you want to use the stuff with kids, here’s a safer (cleaner too, no oil) version as well as some background information.” – Link. The videos are great. Previous: Make your own Ferrofluid – Link.
Here’s how to make a generator from a lot of old hard drives and a drill press – [via] – Link.
This wood motorcycle popped in our suggest a site mail box – don’t know anything about it, but it looks great.
