Will shows you how to upgrade an espresso machine with a new and powerful pump – “The quest for caffeine leads many a geek down the road to espresso, as we know all too well. We haven’t gotten around to turning a MacBook into an espresso machine… yet, but we just can’t resist modifying our […]
The Match museum in Japan has a detailed history of matches, the science of matches and galleries of current (and old) match book art – “Japan Match Manufacturers Association and Japan Match Lateral Corporation operate this Match Museum. The biggest feature of this museum is superior match labels, which are specially selected from Rankei Library’s […]
Ame writes “I wanted to accurately control the speed of the motor in a Tamiya 72004 worm gearbox for a robot I am building. To do this you must have some way to measure the current speed. This project shows the evolution of the speed sensor. As you can see in the picture, the motor […]
Remeber Scott Urban’s eyeglass frames made out of wood? He now has a new series made from vinyl LPs (records) – [via] – Link. Related: Wood glasses – Link. HOW TO – Make emergency eyeglasses – Link. Eyeglasses Through the Ages – Link.
Here’s a how to from Ken @ Caltech on making snowflakes in a coke bottle using dry ice and styrofoam cups… – Link.
Professor of Imaging and Photographic Technology Andrew Davidhazy @ The Rochester Institute of Technology has an incredible gallery of high speed photos – [via] – Link. Related: Splashes, splashes and more splashes! – Link. Homemade Strobe Photography. Take pictures of popping balloons, breaking glass, and water droplets. MAKE 04 – Page 102. High speed photo […]
Curtis writes – “I made a very inexpensive mount to stick my small digital camera onto my motorcycle handlebars. Using video mode and a large SD card I can record video while running the bike through canyons, and since it is behind the windscreen even the audio doesn’t sound that bad.” – Link.
