Month: May 2007

Maker Faire: Preview photos – Build, craft, hack, play, MAKE. Engineering – Crafts – Science – Art

Here’s a little site widget we made for MakerFaire.com so you can see some of the photos/makers, etc. The Maker Faire is 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 […]

RF-enable your microcontroller projects

Jason writes – Whether you’re an avid electronics guru or an armchair robo hacker, you’ve probably encountered a situation where it would be nice for your project to communicate information wirelessly. David from uC Hobby wrote in with a cheap solution to the problem a $14 RF Wireless Module from SparkFun. Simple RF Wireless Link […]

Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners

Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners

I’m back to running a few miles a day, I’ve always wondered why it not only felt “normal” but why our species evolved this ability, here’s an article from Physorg that explores this… Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their […]