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Clever, and has a step by step. my boss decided that we needed to do something fun and creative in one of our conference rooms – the one we use for brainstorming and internal meetings – and together we came up with the idea of filling the wall with post-it notes in a multicolored mosaic of (and i’m not sure whose idea this was) Elvis. Link.
This article details the construction and building of a stand alone trainable speech recognition circuit that may be interfaced to control just about anything electrical, such as; appliances, robots, test instruments, VCR’s TV’s, etc. The circuit is trained (programmed) to recognized words you want it to recognize. Link.
MAKE pal Alan shares his experiences from our first volume- I just finished building my $14 video stabilizer as seen in Make: Magazine, and I must say I am amazed with it. It has produced a nice, smooth pan in every test I have performed so far, and it seems sturdy enough that I can let it support my digital video camera without becoming too nervous Link.
Handy. This is a little how-to guide on crimping connectors for various electronics projects. The art of crimping is sometimes a difficult one, but necessary for 1) reliable and 2) decent looking connections. Breadboards are nice for quick wiring projects but in the long run they are unreliable and look pretty nasty. Link.
The Poor Person’s Production Suite is an ensemble of three, high-level Animation, 3D, Compositing and Video Editing tools that are available as free open source GPL applications. However, this is not a direct attempt to duplicate the production tools found in Apple’s Final Cut Studio. It’s an attempt to create a fully functional, professional software suite that is capable of generating high end VFX and 3D animation like those found in Shake and Motion and Maya. Don’t be fooled, just because the software is free doesn’t mean that it isn’t of professional grade. Link.
Great article and how-to on making your own penny alcohol stove. For several years I have been developing a stove that heats faster, burns longer, uses less fuel, and is easier to build, fill, prime, and light. For obvious reasons, I called it the Penny Stove. Link.
