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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How-To: Manikin Lamp
Ray Alderman’s Manikin Figure Lamp with iPad 01 made a nice splash when we featured it in the MAKE Flickr pool roundup about a month ago, and Ray (aka Whamodyne) just wrote in to let us know that he’s recently posted a cool Instructable about how to make your own.
Alt.SXSW: DIY Balloon and Kite Mapping
The Public Laboratory’s Matthew Lippincott and Shannon Dosemagen were at SXSW demonstrating their successful DIY Balloon Mapping Kit taking aerial views of the Knight and O’Reilly/MAKE booths.
Stage Combat Training Shirt w/Lilypad Arduino
Instructables user grossmr1 teaches stage combat, and was looking for a more efficient way to communicate sword target points to her students than language or pointing. The garment she designed features LEDs at various target points, and conductive pads on the fingers and thumb of one gauntlet. She can select which of the various target […]
How-To: Mini Bending Brake
I don’t really have any use for a miniature sheet metal brake, but I want to build this one from Instructables user Improbable Concept just because it looks like fun.
How-To: Molded Plywood Furniture
Detailed, hands-on how-to info on a very rich manufacturing process that is rarely attempted by DIYers. Instructables user pseaton covers the process of designing and building your own molded plywood forms all the way from initial design considerations, through mold construction and veneer pre-treatment, to actually laying up the veneers and cleaning up the finished […]
Swiss Army Flash Drive Mod
There exists off-the-shelf alternatives to this swiss army knife USB flash drive mod from Instructables user de_weidinger, yet besides being a full-sized variant, I seem to prefer the design of this custom mod over what you find in the store.
