Mindstorms Blimp Drone
This blimp uses two 55″ helium balloons, Dexter Industries NXTBee wireless modules, a servo, and two DC motors. One of the creators, Tyler Westmoreland, shared the RobotC code. [via Dexter Industries]
Month: February 2013
Printable Geek Valentine
Give your nerdy special someone the perfect card this Valentine’s Day with this free printable geeky valentine!
DIY Glitter Ring
I’m always impressed with the various uses for Mod Podge’s Dimensional Magic.
How-To: Valentine’s Day Pinup Shoes
Raise the temperature a notch on your Valentine’s Day outfit with a pair of Valentine’s Day pinup shoes!
Easy Way Uses Arduino to Translate Subtitles on the Fly
Using the Video Experimenter shield for Arduino, a group in Brazil developed a way to translate live closed captioning to a number of different languages. Called Easy Way Subtitles, the project uses the Video Experimenter Shield to get the closed captioning text from the broadcasted signal and turns it over to Google Translate. Viewers can […]
How to Learn Almost Anything, Open MIT Online Class
Actually the name of the class is Learning Creative Learning and it’s offered by Mitch Resnick, the director of Lifelong Kindergarten group at the Media Lab. The ability to learn new ways to learn is more than a byproduct of a good education; it’s a basic survival skill in the 21st Century. What happens in […]
Victorian Watch Repair
Renaissance man Tim Hunkin wrote an article in the latest issue of MAKE (Vol. 33) about his adventures in vintage watch restoration. Here are some pocketwatch images to whet your appetite.