MAKE publisher and BoingBoing guest blogger Dale Dougherty points out this collection of unhappy hard drive sound clips you may be all too familiar with. These are the last words of devices which will hopefully find new life as wind chimes clocks and more good stuff. Could be fun to build a percussive sample set […]
The iTunes U category @ the iTunes store gathers together a ton of free and interesting educational vids on a variety of topics including – engineering, mathematics, science, and much more – iTunes U More: Interactive electronics learning online!
How to make it & Science and Invention covers… absolutely stunning. But wait, there’s more! Electric Experimenter. Practical Electronics!
This is a really interesting performance video with yarn by Jeanne Jo. It looks like she reversed the footage of unraveling the garment from up in the tree. More: Knitted Interfaces for Technology
10 Years of the ISS in pictures @ Universe Today.
Mary Lou Jepsen with XO Laptop, via Inhabitat GREENER GADGETS 2009 WHAT: The Second Annual Greener Gadgets Conference is a revolutionary event and exhibition promoting the importance of environmental stewardship in consumer technology innovation. This one day conference brings together electronics industry leaders, entrepreneurs, journalists and designers to address key green topics including sustainable design […]
Via Discovery News: Scientists in California have developed a software algorithm that automatically creates a physical key based solely on a picture of one, regardless of angle or distance. The project, called Sneakey, was meant to warn people about the dangers of haphazardly placing keys in the open or posting images of them online. … […]
