When I was making my own VR system, I used a mannequin and joked how it would be better to just have robots wear clothes and walk runway… – “Veteran Japanese designer Hanae Mori hates what automation has done to the industry. But bringing back her classic Chrysanthemum Dress after 40 years, she has enlisted […]
SilverHalo writes – “A plexiglass constructed notebook cooler equiped with spiffy lighted fans for some trippy late hight surfing/gaming safari’s..” – Link.
Shawn Bonkowski sent in these wonderful photos and write up from the Floor It! project that he developed with Mike Albers – Link. Idea/Problem/Context The idea was to create a compelling competitive experience for boys 7-10 years old. We were interested in creating a bridge between physical and virtual play. The solution needed to be […]
PalmInfocenter member twrock has posted images and details about his external headset mod for the Palm TX. He added a smaller 2.5 mm headphone/mic port to his TX in an external adapter that connects to the athena hotsync port. He intends to use it for voice recording and for future Palm OS VoIP applications. Link.
Christian “Mekkaniak” Eriksson writes – “Kids (8-9 years) at a local school here in Sweden just finished two days of “tinkering”. Using old VCRs, broken powertools, computerparts and other bits and pieces of abandoned technology, they created fantasy robots that can make anything from doing homework to stopping time. This teaches the Make spirit, creativity… […]
I think GetLoFi just identified the next trend in electronic music – “From what I hear “Circuit Blasting” is a new technique of blasting devices with extreme voltages using Victorian style science devices and it is something that Mark Pilkington will be dabbling into at 3pm this Sunday 19 March 2006, at the Camden Arts […]
Here’s a cheap and clever way to back up your PC using DV tapes! – [via] Link.
