Kits

Hydrodynamic building set

Hydrodynamic building set

ThinkGeek has a 300 piece Hydrodynamic building set ($89). It includes: girders, tank parts, tubing, valves, tube connectors, meters, etc and an electric pump with AC adapter – Water is everywhere. It covers 71% of the Earth’s surface and composes about 112% of the human body. Gaining control over water would be an awesome super […]

Hack Your Brain – Make Video Podcast

Hack Your Brain – Make Video Podcast

ipod|mp4|mov|hd-appletv|3gp|3g2|pdf|itunes This weekend, learn how to hack your brain by making Mitch Altman’s Brain Machine! It flashes LEDs into your eyes and beeps sounds into your ears to make your brain waves sync up into beta, alpha, theta, and delta brainwaves! Mitch invents cool things that make the world a better place. He’s well known […]

Hack Your Brain – Make: PDFcast

Hack Your Brain – Make: PDFcast

This weekend, get set to hack your brain! Brain waves go from delta waves at about 1/2-4Hz to Gamma waves at 30-100Hz. The brain machine flashes lights in the range of these brainwaves in a sequence that is programmed to take you through the experience of meditation. One of the interesting effects of flashing the […]

Maker Faire Video Report

There is way too much stuff to document here to give an accurate video of the awesomeness that is Maker Faire, but here’s a little video smattering to give you just a hint of what it’s like to be at maker faire. Listen carefully for the person yelling “doppler effect” while offering the experience of […]

Bathsheba Grossman Back at Maker Faire

Bathsheba is back again at Maker Faire this year. I can’t wait to see what she’s got that’s new. The Evil Mad Scientists got permission to make one of her sculptures out of sugar with their sugar rapid prototyper. They’ll be at Maker Faire with it. Don’t miss it! Previous Post – Link Bathsheeba’s Site […]