Catching up with some recorded TV…AOTS featured building a camera from a flatbed scanner. While they couldn’t get the results they wanted- check out Michael Golembewski’s site. He has some amazing pictures and a how-to on his project. Here’s another camera-scanner project which was featured too. I have an old scanner so I’ll try and build one and see how it works out.
Google maps with its new satellite photos feature has only been out a week and there’s already a ton of neat projects out. “Memory maps” are photos with group annotations. Here’s a Craigslist and Google map mash up so you can find housing and maps at the same time. Here’s a Google maps sightseeing blog with some amazing photos. And lastly, here’s what might be the biggest text on the planet.
EnvironDesign is having a contest, I wish I had known about it a little earlier but some of you out there might have something to enter. Details here. “Pull something out of the waste stream and turn it into something of value. Find anything that has been “tossed” into your home trash container, the office waste bin, a dumpster at a construction site . . . wherever you find trash. Then, turn this trash–pieces, parts, duplicates, whatever moves you, and create an object of function or beauty–or even humor–or maybe a piece of art. There are no limitations to size or shape of your new object”.
Those Nelson clocks are really nice looking, but they’re a little pricey. You can make your own, and as an added bonus- it’s edible. Here’s how. You’ll need 12 Tootsie Pops, a cheap clock kit and the bottom of a salt container.
We’ve been posting up all the ways to turn an Altoid tin in to something for electronics, but you can also just use our fav project case as something a little more decorative. Here’s a great guide on covering an Altoids tin with Premo pearl clays. On a related note- I’ve been trying to get a hold of someone at Altoids, anyone have a contact over there?
I’ve been traveling over the last couple days and just saw this “Why struggle with heavy baggage? Dragging suitcases through busy airport lounges is tedious, backbreaking work – but it doesn’t have to be that way”. Motorized luggage. I’ve found airports don’t like wires, batteries and motors built in to things that normally don’t have them, at least not my little projects. I’ve been thinking of building a suitcase that powers a WiFi finder when rolled (vibrates the stick, beeps or handle glows) but realized I’d have even more trouble with my bags.
“Here’s a quick quiz: which of these two speakers sounds better: Speaker A with a frequency response range of 45Hz to 18kHz or, Speaker B with a range of 20Hz to 25kHz? The truth is…” Here’s a great article by Paul Dicomo on eCoustics.com about the frequency response spec and what the information on a frequency response chart means.
