Jon writes – “Here is some information on a Bar Monkey that I helped Alan Baker build this winter. The Bar Monkey is a device for automatically mixing drinks. The concept comes from BarMonkey.net where you can see several other versions of bar monkeys. Almost all of Alan’s Bar Monkey, including the software, was designed […]
Chris sent in a link to the Venus Express orbit timeline and a paper craft version of the satellite you can make! – “Timeline of events during today’s Venus Orbit Insertion (VOI) manoeuvre, marking arrival of ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft at its destination. VOI is a series of telecommands, engine burns and manoeuvres designed to […]
Richard writes – “Find out where that VCR in your living room came from. Read about video hardware that has been extinct a very long time. At LabGuy’s World, you can tour the virtual museum, flip through the catalog of extinct video recorders and cameras, browse the timeline of video recording history, figure out how […]
Graffiti Research Lab workshops at Maker Faire – “Come to the Graffiti Research Lab workshops at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. We will be working with visitors on the creation of a giant bus mural while running workshops on making LED Throwies and Electro-Graphs.” – Link. Maker Faire! – Link.
Raphael writes – “I thought it was sad not to use my SNES mouse anymore so I built an adapter to use it with with a Linux PC. The adapter is identical to the one used to connect snes gamepads to a PC. It’s now possible to play the Swat-the-Bug game from Mario-Paint using the […]
Robotdreams writes – “Matt Bauer took a standard Robonova-1 biped robot, taught it some neat karate and kung-fu moves, then hacked it to add grippers that could actually pickup objects like pencils from the floor. A few days later, and he has the robot literally climbing ropes, swinging from the trees, and rappelling down cliffs.” […]
Christopher writes – “Handcrank rechargable flashlights are a great idea (not my idea – just a great idea). LED’s comsume very little power compared to traditional blubs and last a lot longer. Throw in the need to never change the batteries and it makes a simple yet elegant solution to the age old problem of […]
