CuriousInventor points out this head-slappingly simple substitute for standoffs – likely of interest to anyone whose marvelled at how much these bits of hardware can actually cost – Tan Tran came up with a cheap substitute for aluminum standoffs: nylon tubing. Polyethylene does a decent job too, and can be had for under $.10 a […]
Nick Hardeman’s 3 x 3, big-button LED matrix goes by the name “Nove Bit” and looks about as easy to porogram as possible. I’m guessing one of these (or even a wall-full of them) would go nicely as interactive art for the home. The simple/universal appeal would likely make them a hit with most.. More […]
Rachel @ CRAFT points us to a project by Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi Called Pa++ern, which takes user input and transcodes it into wearable messages. Pa++ern program will be on display at the Beams Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. Their Twitter plugin launches on July 11.
Japanese artists’ Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi have created an “esoteric” programming language called Pa++ern that translates input from visitors to their exhibit or from virtual visitors through Twitter and turns them in to graphics that can be embroidered on t-shirts. Visitors to the gallery enjoy the movement and sounds of this highly used but […]
Nerdkits shares their process for designing a big LED VU meter, and repurposing piezo buzzers as microphones in the process. I did notice it covers in detail one topic that is surprisingly absent from most electronics project vids – Math! Great to see real live equations put to work in a design from the ground […]
Maker Justblair managed to cram an atTiny45, 2 diodes, a half-dozen resistors, and a 5mm RGB LED “deadbug” style into the screen housing of his EeePC901, so he can receive email, Twitter, and Pidgin notifications.
How could I resist something called “Blowing Up Cheese With Nitrous Oxide”? It’s a piece, in PopSci’s “Kitchen Alchemy” column (which, as an on-again/off-again geek foodied, I’ve started following), on aerating Brie with Nitrous to create delicious cheese foam (and you thought aerosol cheese was fun before!). I’m surprised there aren’t more of these sorts […]
