Where’s Waldo? Let’s Ask Mathematica
Stack Overflow member Heike describes the image processing algorithm he wrote to automatically track down the elusive international fugitive known, to date, only as “Wally” or “Waldo.”
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Floppy Drives Play “What is Love?”
We’ve heard past examples of hard drives and disk drives being programmed to play music, but this version of club hit “What is Love?” has an undeniable funkiness to it that’s worth noting.
Check out MrSolidSnake745 on Youtube for many more tracks he’s produced with this method.
SketchUp Plugin Auto-Generates 3D PCB Models from Eagle Files
EagleUp is the work of Swiss design engineer Jerome Lamy. It runs inside SketchUp and requires co-installation of ImageMagick. The script will automatically generate a 3D model of a printed circuit board from an image exported by Cadsoft Eagle, then populate it with preexisting component models.
David-Lee-Roth-in-the-Box
Just watch it. And then thank Brooklynite Dave Rogge (aka Flickr user tgtsfkncld / Etsy seller thegarage) for the big grin on your face.
Amoeboid Robot Oozes Mechanically
This cool robot is inspired by the way slime mold moves, and consists of a balloon serving as the protoplasm, with real-time tunable springs and friction control units surrounding the balloon. [Technology Review via Beyond the Beyond]
Makerslide: Prototyping 3D Tools Made Easier
Travis Good takes a look at Makerslide, a linear tracking and frame system for building personal fabrication machines.
The QR Code Quilt
Jon Danforth, organizer of the Mini Maker Faire North Carolina, wrote in to let us know about a cool project, a QR Code Quilt, from one of Mini Maker Faire North Carolina’s sponsors, Spoonflower: A QR code, or Quick Response code is a somewhat new technology that, when scanned by a smart phone or iPad […]