I was doing a little research about Creative Commons, Public Domain, and Open Source Hardware, when I came across a great article at Core77 about a book called “The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind” by James Boyle. The book explores the plight of Public Domain and why it is so important to […]
How do you make the tour of holiday houses extra special for your Christmas-crazed son? Pull him in a little red wagon that’s lit up with its own strand of 60 LED Christmas lights, like Rob Readings did. He powered it with an old motorcycle battery and a cheap power inverter. How about adding a […]
imp558 at the Hacked Gadgets forums writes– …I tend to do some wierd things being a long time technician and closet robotics enthusiast. Hopefully you guys will appreciate my portable desktop. After stuff I had laying around it cost me about $300. These pics don’t show the chrome trim around the monitor (added later), and […]
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Hand-carved robot stamps Handheld noise-boxes sound smooth [above, top-left] HOW TO – Build a noisetron circuit [above, top-right] Handheld synth-strument trio [above, bottom-left] VCR display turned amplifier [above, bottom-right]
Here’s a cool Christmas tree video installation from Ricardo @ klip.tv
We gave owl pellet dissection kits as party favors a couple of years ago – they’re easy to put together and make great holiday gifts! We included a couple of owl pellets, dissecting forceps, a magnifier (we like the Private Eye loupe, you can nest them for higher magnification) and a Riker box to display […]
Soak It to Me: Inside Liquid-Suspended Gaming PC @ Wired– Looking for a beefy gaming rig, and don’t mind getting your hands a little wet? Hardcore Computer’s Reactor might just be the 100-pound computational monolith for you. Crafted from 2.5mm-thick aircraft aluminum and packed with powerful hardware, the Reactor is already a fairly striking and […]
