Contex 3D Printers (video)
I really like the Contex 3D printers, here’s a sales video from their site (the Z printer 450 does color 3D models)… – Link.
Bicycles
Microsoft Surface: Multi-touch Table
Microsoft is showing off their multi-touch table “Surface” complete with RFID, wireless, sensors and a whole lot of other things (watch the Popular Mechanics video on how it works)… You can’t buy one, but they will be appearing in a couple casinos and some stores to demo… Link. More: Surface computing – Link. Surface @ […]
3D Mouse Through Hand Waving
MagicMouse, a three-dimensional computer mouse was designed by a team of five WPI undergraduates – …the mouse uses an array of receivers to track the motion of a tiny ultrasonic transmitter worn on the index finger like a ring. The unique design, the first radical change in the computer mouse in more than 40 years, […]
Temporary bicycle trailer
Benno sent in a simple temporary bicycle trailer you can build… This a Temporary Bicycle Trailer I made, out of a sled, a kick scooter and some junk. It’s temporary because it’s easy to dismount the sled and the wheels to go sledding or to ride your kick scooter, storing the tiny frame of the […]
Big loud bike bell
I spent a lot of time in Shanghai, and narrowly avoided getting smooshed a few times with the all the bicycles there, many had bells – but none as ringable as this one spotted in Suzhou…. – [via] Link.
Boy or girl? A DNA test sold over the web can tell you…
DNA worldwide can print your genetic code on your shirt, help figure out who’s related to who and they claim they can tell a new Mother if their kid is a boy or a girl 6 weeks in… Once a woman has taken the test, she sends her sample directly to the company’s laboratory for […]
555 timer – five boro bike tour time lapse
Phil mounted an old digital camera to his handlebars and then created a simple 555-timer based circuit to take pictures every 10 seconds, and put the pictures together for a video… Link.