Geeky pumpkin carving collection
What’s that you say? It’s a little early in the month to be burning the gallery-of-dorky-jack-‘o-lanterns card? Not to worry. I’ve got four more where this one came from.
Computers & Mobile
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SPARK Project #2, Post #5
Small and simple, the iCOP eBox is a fanless x86 computer with solid state storage. I began my second SPARK project with plans to control my iRobot Create with an iCOP computer and Windows Embedded CE 6.0R2. There were many project design lessons reinforced by my first SPARK project, and I applied those to lessons […]
Virtual homebrew synth
Nick created interactive flash versions of two of his homebrew synths. Though I was at first expecting all the synth’s interface functionality recreated in software, the wide array of strange samples is still fun to experiment with. Sweet panel design too … but the interior’s aesthetic is even better – Don’t miss Nick’s other awesome […]
Stylophone Beatbox shows potential
[begin_noisegeek_rant_here] There’s no doubt that the Dubreq’s classic Stylophone keyboard holds a special place in the ranks retro-cool musical instrumentats. Similar stylus interfaces have been employed for various synth-DIY endeavors, with ease of implementation being an obvious plus.(who needs switches? just touch GND to a PCB pad!) Unfortunately, the original infamously lo-fi plastic synth wasn’t […]
Coffee sleeve iPhone stand
The onslaught of DIY iPhone stands continues. This time around we find ourselves in a cafe with a warm beverage and the need to watch BMX stunt videos. Luckily we remembered to bring along our nice utility scissors and the Barista was kind enough to include a cup sleeve with the drink.
How-To: His and hers matching iPod costumes
Instructables user jtigermask13 has posted a tutorial on making these working children’s iPod costumes.
Homebrew CNC hot wire foam cutter
I keep trying to persuade anyone who will listen that CNC foam cutters are dramatically underrated machines. People look at them and say, “That’s cool and all, but I don’t want styrofoam parts.” To which I reply, “If you have a styrofoam part, you can turn it into cast aluminum with an unbelievably simple garage process.” What’s more, styrofoam is ubiquitous, cheap, and so easy to cut that the CNC robot can be extremely lightweight and inexpensive, as for instance, this one submitted by reader Raul Aguaviva, which is hacked together from a coat hanger and junked scanner parts. Combine one of these with a Gingery-style charcoal foundry and you could conceivably produce a homebrew CNC system, that can produce aluminum parts, for less than $50.