HeatSource Invention from L-MIT
Another Make: television-produced video highlights an invention called HeatSource. Using paraffin wax stored in plastic chambers to store heat, HeatSource was created by students for the MIT IDEAS competition.
Month: February 2010
Applications Now Open for UCU Seattle Summer Show!
Urban Craft Uprising is back for another summer show (July 10th and 11th), and applications are now being accepted. It’s a great show, so if you’re in the Pacific Northwest, seriously consider applying! The selection process supports new and upcoming crafters (so don’t be afraid if you’ve never vended before) as well as experienced vendors.
Blink LEDs at 2x speed with overclocked, liquid-cooled Arduino
Like making blinky light projects, but not able to pump enough performance out of those measly 8 bit instructions on your Arduino?
Grant Hutchinson’s workshop slash server room
I’m a big fan of workshops, the messier the better, and this one definitely fits the bill. I especially love the old school Macs that Grant has turned into servers. The super old ones are an 8500 and 9600 working as web servers, while a relatively modern G4/450 dualie serves as a file server. But […]
Cellphone spectrum analyzer
With some careful planning and PCB trimming, Miguel managed to fit all the components needed for a 2.4 GHz ISM band spectrum analyzer into an old cellphone enclosure – resulting in an awesomely stealthy spy-worthy device. The project uses a Nokia LCD (natch), an ATMega8 microcontroller, and a CYWM6935 wireless USB radio module – build […]
How-To: Make a Knotted Seashell Necklace
One of my dearest friends, Nik Schulz, is a creative illustrator. This weekend he brought me a valentine that is exactly what I wanted: a DIY project to share with you! Nik lived for half a year on St. Agnes, a tiny island in the Isles of Scilly. And while he was there, he sailed, […]
CubeStormer
We have covered other robotic Rubik’s Cube solvers before, but the CubeStormer is a little different. It’s fast, really fast! Apparently it’s able to solve any 3x3x3 Rubik’s cube in less than 12 seconds. Then again, maybe it isn’t that fast compared to Erik Akkersdijk