MAKE Flickr pool weekly roundup
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool LCD Graffiti [above, top-left] Space weather receiver [above, top-right] Midibox rox your sox [above, bottom-left] Robot Spirograph [above, bottom-right]
Month: May 2008
Jet powered Porsche 928
This certainly is a unique car. The ebay listing describes it as “Only one on my block”. It can run on gas, diesel, jet-A, JP-4, JP-8 and old drain oil. The ebay auction ended with a final sale price of $7,151. Not too bad for a jet powered Porsche 928. Read more about the Jet […]
DIY: Zune Projector for $5
The maker of the DIY Zune Projector admits “It doesn’t work well”, but I think it is a good starting point for something that might. It seemed to work better with bright animations rather than movies. Perhaps hacking a better light source? Though it doesn’t work well it was an interesting experiment. I figure at […]
Paper Circuitry: Electric Origami
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories comes up with another great project. This time it’s Electric Origami, and the results are really interesting and unique. It is a fairly simple technique that is very well documented on the web site. This little LED-lit cube is much more than just a paper lantern: It’s a translucent and flexible […]
RepRap returns to AS220 at May 2008 Providence geek dinner
Bruce Wattendorf, who demonstrated his RepStrap at the last DC401 meetup, is bringing it to the May 2008 Providence Geek Dinner. Bruce will be setting up his RepStrap at AS220 just before the Geek Dinner begins (between 4:30 and 5:00). Come early to check it out and get a taste of the future of personal […]
Placemat Laptop Case
ModHomeEcTeacher on Curbly shows you how to make a laptop case from placemats.
CAPTCHA Paintings
I started making these acrylic recreations of CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) images late last year, and just came out with a new batch. These images are used by websites to prevent spam bots from creating accounts or posting content. Every time I find an attractive one online, […]