Phil @ MAKE writes: Maker Faire (Bay Area, SF) is just weeks away, May 19th and 20th – it’s a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them Makers. Last year […]
This is sorta scary- billboards that count eyeballs, but that just means someone is going to make an IR array at the right frequency, point it at these cameras and you’ll see a whole new type of click fraud… Google unveiled an eye-counting video camera Tuesday (May 8) that could enable the company to extend […]
Dandeman321 writes – This simple CO2 regulator is used to slowly release CO2 gases from the fermentation process of wine or beer using water and a few parts that can be found quite easily. It works by allowing CO2 to get out of the fermenter without permitting oxygen to enter. If oxygen was to get […]
Add Bill’s “Spamtrap” to the DIY/Art shredder collection “Spamtrap” is an interactive installation piece the prints, shreds and blacklists spam email. It interacts with spammers by monitoring several email addresses I have created specifically to lure in spam. I do not use these email addresses for any other communication. I post individual email addresses on […]
Jeez, I was -playing- around with some 3D sugar modeling and Evil Mad Scientist just totally demolished me in the sweetest way possible… In February we gave a sneak preview of our project to construct a home-built three dimensional fabricator. Our design goals were (1) a low cost design leveraging recycled components (2) large printable […]
PKM shows you how to a make a minty strobe, a simple trigger-able strobe for taking action photos with – Link. Related: Phonograph turntable strobe zootrope – Link. HOW TO – Make a small portable strobe light – Link. HOW TO – Make a “Slave Strobe” – Link. HOW TO – Make a Strobe Out […]
Victor put together some pretty nice AVR tutorials, worth a bookmark if you’re just learning about AVR microcontrollers – Link. Related AVR: AVR servo control – Link. AVR based digital compass – Link. AVR based RPM meter for cars – Link. AVR Blue Sky projects – Link. AVR controlled clock – Link. ELM – AVR […]
