David writes – “Spamgraffiti is a series of online installations created from spam. Each environment is created by spooling through one email account and visually articulating the spam on a series of layers. Newer spam appears above and slowly filters out older spam below. As the rate of spam increases over time per account, the […]
Clever approach to fight tick-borne diseases – “A tick-exterminator designed by three engineering undergrads at the Virginia Military Institute scours yards for ticks and nabs them with its pesticide-laced denim skirt.” [via] Link. Interesting, iRobot may want to consider chatting with these fellows – a ruggedized Roomba, with its AI, and this approach could work […]
A wonderful collection of things that make music, Mike writes – “Here are most of the projects I’ve built/modified from 2000 to present. Click on each picture to see the details of the instrument. Some of the older projects will just have a sound sample when you click rather than link to another page with […]
Robot-Dreams.com has some great videos and history of a reborn Armatron – “Every “roboteer” worth their salt remembers “Armatron”, the fantastic robot arm from Tomy, and marketed by Radio Shack in the US during the early 1980’s. Well, it turns out that a group of Japanese roboteers also must have some pretty fond memories of […]
SiLight writes – “SI-Light is a experimental computer controlled home lighting system. It started with the goal of individually addressable RGB light modules that could be used to tie-dye or acid-warp my studio apartment. It is a combination of hardware, firmware, and software that was written over a few days in the summer of 2005, […]
Whipup has posted some of its recent favorite posts and there are a bevy of new projects and ideas that will cure the dreary winter doldrums. I love these suncatchers and the scrappy owls with matching cards. Thanks Kath! We are loving the site! Link.
There’s an IDE MP3 controller board for DIY music player on eBay might be worth checking out – Board Description: * Stereo Design. * Support 2.5″ and 3.5″ IDE hard disk up to 200G. * Support ID3 Format * 7 Level Equializer * MP3 Chipset STA013, CS4340 * Black Light LCD display with 7 buttons. […]
