MIT Student Develops $3 Cutting-Edge Healing Device, Field Tested in Haiti @ Fast Company… No one really knows why, but for an open wound, simply applying suction dramatically speeds healing times. (The theory is that the negative pressure draws bacteria out, and encourages circulation.) But for almost everyone, that treatment is out of reach–simply because […]
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” posted this awesome image to his Facebook page. He writes: Thanks to Dan Burden for this image from the Deep Archives, taken during a 1988 photo session with him in Florida. I’m aboard the Winnebiko II, which used a hacked Radio Shack Model 100 in the console, along with a […]
Unlike the assorted electroluminescent liquor bottle labels I blogged about last year, it looks like you can, depending on where you live and your age, actually go out and buy one of these “message” bottles of Medea vodka that incorporates a scrolling LED marquee that will hold up to 6 user-programmed messages of 255 characters each. Great for attracting your kid’s attention to the liquor cabinet. Also make a thoughtful gift for the recovering alcoholic in your life, as you can program it to display some affirmations right there on the bottle.
Brett and Sarah Peterson won Nokia’s Push N900 “Mod in the USA” competition with his bike dashboard: Way back in September I heard about the Nokia PUSH N900 global competition. I had been drooling over pictures and all the info I could find about the phone and thought, “Finally! This is my chance to get […]
In this video, Tan Le, president of Emotiv Systems, demos the company’s computer-controller that uses brainwaves, thoughts, to direct actions on a computer. Her test subject is renowned AI researcher Marvin Minsky. The real action starts at 10:35, and I have to admit, it was pretty thrilling to see Marvin rotate that cube with his […]
One of my HacDC cohort, Erica Kane, did the Speed Vest project from MAKE Volume 19. We’re always thrilled when people do the projects in the magazine, document their builds, and share the results with us. Erica details her build on her family blog. She writes in email: As you suggested, I blogged about the […]
Paul Overton at Dude Craft has got his maker priorities straight. Set simple, achievable goals, and make them a reality. Behold the disco bike helmet, a party on your head.
