Glacier Embrace
Have you hugged a glacier today? Kate Hartman has, and it didn’t even make it melt any more quickly than normal, thanks to the Glacier Embracing Suit V2.
Month: August 2010
Awesome Toddler Droid Dresses For Star Wars Celebration
I followed last weekend’s Star Wars Celebration closely (What? Isn’t it obvious I’m a big Star Wars geek?) and fell in love with this picture in the Star Wars Blog Flickr stream. I did a little digging, and got the scoop on the awesome little droid dresses made by Brenda of humblebumbleb. The base of […]
Make and Mend: Drawer pulls made from used components
Think those burnt-out ‘tronics have no use any more? Rather than consign them to the trash heap, why not use them for decoration? These resin drawer pulls contain electronic components. You could make them merely for pretty or you could use them to remind you what’s in what drawer. Pretty sweet! [Thanks, Rafael!]
Canon 7D vs. Barbie Video Girl video comparison
Great video comparing the Canon 7D with the new Barbie Video Girl by Brandon Block and Fernando Ortega: A comparison between my two new cameras: The $1,800 Canon 7D versus the brand new $50 Barbie Video Girl… available in the girlie aisle of your local Toys R Us. It’s the sassiest camera money can buy. […]
Airsoft minigun
Made almost entirely from machined aluminum by Kuba_T1000. It feeds plastic BBs from an electric ammo pack that holds 16,000 rounds. [via Hack a Day]
Hacker Trifecta: iPad, Arduino, kegerator combined in single device
John Boiles, whose extracurricular exploits as an undergraduate at UT Austin brought us iPhone-controlled dance floor lights, R/C cars, and yes, even full-size automobiles, has since moved to San Francisco and scored a job with Yelp. His latest “spare time” project, with the Yelp Engineering crew, is KegMate–a keg-mounted, Arduino-controlled data-logging suite with an iPad-based user interface. Among other features, the system reports and records the keg temperature, tracks which of its registered users is dispensing beer and how much they’ve dispensed, and collects user ratings of whatever brew happens to be on tap. [Thanks, John!]
More “Little Drifter” boats from around the world
Heather Kew/The Saanich Peninsula Flotilla Sarah Blum/Maryland Kelly Gratton/Saint Johns Pond, Delafield It turns out that Jeff Hamada of Booooooom got quite a response to his call for little drifter boats from readers of his blog. He received dozens of submissions, photos of little leaf and twig craft from around the world. Some of them […]