5 minute review: USB soldering iron
While visiting Pumping Station: One in Chicago, I noticed that member Tomer had a curious device: a soldering iron that plugged into his laptop.
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POV rainbow book
Rainbow in Your Hand is the work of Masashi Kawamura. It’s merely a flipbook — but when you flip through it quickly, a rainbow appears. [via Dornob]
Maker Birthdays: Charles Darwin
You may have heard of this guy. Born on this date in 1809 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Charles Robert Darwin would go on, in 1859, to publish On The Origin of Species, a book which is surely among the most influential ever written. In it, Darwin first proposes the idea that all of life descends from common ancestors, and that its diversity can be explained by a process of evolution driven by natural selection. He died in 1882, aged 73, and was afforded the exceedingly rare honor, especially for a scientist, of internment in Westminster Abbey.
Little Robots: Tutorial on building telepresence toys
Tony Thompson designed these Little Robots to help keep in touch with his fiancé.
USB tape drive
From the MAKE Flickr pool Alan from Hacked Gadgets has a clever way of repurposing a video cassette tape. This is a pretty good project, and he has a nice cave setup, too. His video shows what the project does, and he does a decent job explaining the reasons and theory behind the build. This […]
Not so lazy Sunday… Flash Memory Hard Drive
There’s still time to start making or just watch this week’s Weekend Project: Flash Memory Hard Drive . You can view the video here, or subscribe in iTunes to get all our Weekend Projects and PDFs delivered each week.
Weekend Project: Flash Memory Hard Drive
Take an old outdated hard drive and teach it new secret tricks by increasing it’s capacity and speed. Thanks go to Brian Nadel for the original article in MAKE, Volume 17. And to “gmgfarrand” for the original Instructable. To download The Flash Memory Hard Drive MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the […]
