Technology
Dark stairs was a problem for the cat; an easy solution would have been to install a night light. However having laser beam activated LED stair lighting is much cooler than a plug in night light any day! Videos and pictures are on the site. [
Kurt, the tattoo-robot
Kurt is a machine with four injection needles and Chinese ink. Attached to the upper arm it tattoos an enduring symbol on the user’s skin. Kurt is an extreme example of the human-machine interface. The intervention is aimed at rising the awareness of the close connection between the individual and the machine, in a bond as long-lasting as the drawing itself. Link.
Build your own Japanese construction equipment paper toys
Build your own Japanese construction equipment paper toys from SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD – My fav is the Macadam Roller -which is mainly used for rolling compaction in early stage and finishing- is the machine to secure the uniform compaction and the flatness of base course, asphalt mixture, etc. Link.
New beta of Skype for Windows
New beta of Skype for Windows, looks promising…call quality is the best ever for talking, laughing and sharing stories. It’s now faster to get set up, and easier to add your contacts, so you can get more friends talking for free. You can forward calls on to mobiles, landlines and other Skype Names. Make calls instantly from Outlook email or Internet Explorer with our new toolbars. Personalise your Skype — play around with sounds, ringtones and pictures to show the world who you are. Link.
Robot Clothes
Marc writes “This is an technology/art collective that makes interesting, MAKE-worthy projects. The link goes to a CO2-monitoring/flower planting robot. They apparently have a lot to do with NASA robotics”… Link.
HOW TO send e-mails from any address using Gmail’s SMTP server
A little while ago Lifehacker posted instruction how you could use Gmail’s SMTP server to send mail from any e-mail address. Drawback: Google would always rewrite your From: address back to your original Gmail address, kinda defeating our original idea. Last week then, Google added a new feature allowing Gmail users to add multiple e-mail addys and to choose one from a drop-down list when sending a message via the Gmail interface. What hasn’t been mentioned yet is that once you’ve added another verified e-mail address to your Gmail account, Gmail’s SMTP server would happily forward the new From: address! And this is how you do it… Link.
Google Talk Conference Bot
Evidently this isn’t the first, but somebody’s running a bot on Google Talk which essentially creates a chat room for Talk users. A few folks seem to think this is Google’s doing, although I can’t see this having as much practical application as oh, say, actual rooms. Source code included. Link.
