HOW TO – GPS enabled trail maps
Caferacer writes – “How to use a handheld GPS unit to create some really nice maps of mountain bike or hiking trails.” – Link.
Month: March 2006
Tree Sweater
On Erika’s blog, Gnoodles found something for us that is very strange, but very cool…like a modern Charlie Brown story. “Outside our building is a sorry little sidewalk tree. At the height of summer, it had about five leaves. A dead glowstick has been dangling from its branches for three months. Tonight while I was […]
NOVA’s DARPA robot race documentary
CNET has a clip from upcoming NOVA DARPA robot race documentary – “In October 2005, Stanford University’s entry won the DARPA race for robot vehicles, which stretched across 130 miles of rugged Nevada terrain. This TV documentary, scheduled to premiere March 28 on PBS, features exclusive aerial video and profiles of the winner and losers. […]
Optical Illusions blog
Vurdlak writes – “This website will be all about optical illusions. I will post new illusions every now and then and make this website biggest and most quality collection on the net. Over and out.” The site has a ton of great illusions that will make your eyes water and your brain tweak, also a […]
HOW TO – LED Earrings
Slade sent us this great Instructables how to on making LED earrings. In the intro, “I’ve made these simple earrings for friends before. They will glow well over 12 hours and can be made for less then 10 dollers of parts.” Link.
Panda painted onto single hair
Micro art is going to be BIG this year, er small! – “Chinese micro-painter Jin Yin Hua has painted an image of a giant panda on a single human hair. The artist took 10 days to create the mini-masterpiece using a single rabbit hair as a paintbrush. Visitors to a Chinese gallery who wanted to […]
The first ring tone
I’m sort of surprised modern home phones don’t have the ability to play MP3s as ring tones as a standard feature, might make a fun project – here’s one of the first instances for the “ring tone” from Popular Electronics 1956 – [via] – Link.