The winner looks like a MAKE project, woo! – The EnerJar took top prize of the design competition—both a favorite of the judges and the crowd at the Greener Gadgets Conference in New York City. The EnerJar is an easy-to-build, DIY device that accurately measures the power draw of electrical appliances. Sitting between any wall […]
The Fnordlicht is a lamp that enables endless color combinations through additive color mixing. The circuit uses an Atmega8 (same as Arduino) processor and a matrix of 9 RGB LEDs and can be controlled via RS232 or 12C. Lots of great circuit diagrams and more info at the links below. Fnordlicht: RGB LED mixing light […]
This may not be the coolest looking telephoto lens mod out there, but it just might get the job done. It only requires a bolt, some cardboard, a few twist ties, and binoculars. I am not sure this will hold up to moving around, but for that one telephoto shot you want to make, why […]
Stefan Sagmeister’s works are on display @ Deitch in NYC, January 31, 2008 — February 23, 2008 @ 76 Grand Street, New York. The bananas you see here are real, all 7,200 of them on a giant wall – it smelled like 7,200 bananas too, slightly rotting – Things I Have Learned In My Life […]
This is the best LCD picture frame project I’ve seen lately, Revital writes – Medical technologies have reached the stage in which biological deterioration no longer means the end of a human life. Life prolonging machines can replace our organs and allow us to maintain various degrees of living. However, as science helps us cheat […]
Jay writes – Here is an Arduino controlled Charliplexed LED heart just in time for Valentine’s Day. It uses a total of 6 wires to control the 27 LEDs. A PIC or AVR could easily be used for this, but I have Arduinos lying around and they are easy to program. Plus I want to […]
The How-To Geek posted this easy Windows registry hack that will add an “Open with Notepad” option to the right click menu for all files: Open regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT*shell Right-click on “shell” and choose to create a new key, calling […]
