Travis writes in – I founded SmartFlix after I purchased a Sherline metalworking lathe and then realized that I didn’t know what to do with it (so I ended up buying a bunch of metalworking videos…). Now, SmartFlix is giving away a brand shiny new Sherline 4000 lathe. Basically, every time you rent a metalworking […]
These kits from SEV (Solar Electric Vehicles) can boost your fuel efficiency from 17 to 29%… – The major automobile manufacturers are producing hybrid automobiles, which are part electric and part gasoline powered. Could these automobiles take another step and obtain some of their fuel from the sun? Solar Electrical Vehicles has developed a prototype […]
Jonah writes – Tim Redfern and I are performing our collaborative project, “SimpleTEXT” on June 5th (Tomorrow Nite!!) during the Upgrade New York at Eyebeam! I’ll be giving a talk about my work at 7:30pm then the show will start at 8pm. It’s FREE and we are expecting a full house so come early for […]
Brian @ Hackszine writes – Ever since I got my first set-top box at the end of last year, I’ve been itching to connect its FireWire port to my Mac. My friend Emilie called today to alert me to a CBS Sunday Morning report on Maker Faire, which I managed to record, and that gave […]
This is pretty interesting, follow the link and watch the motion of the blue lines, then turn on the occluders.. Technically the mechanism at work here is known as “motion binding”. When the edges of the diamond are covered by occluders with the same colour as the background (here, white) there is no information on […]
Simple and easy LEGO fridge magnets, build on top of them for wonderful horizontal LEGO creations! – Link.
It’s still Alpha, but raop_play is an Airport Express client player that will allow you to send audio files, including http streams, to your Airport Express. Better yet, there’s an ALSA driver included with the package, which will make your Airport Express look just like a second audio output device. Once that’s set up, you […]
