Curiously Strong mimics the movement of a typical domino chain through 250 sequentially actuated Altoids™ boxes. Each box is equipped with a solenoid that opens and closes the lid when it receives an electric pulse. This results in a continual wave of motion as the pulse cascades through the chain of boxes. Link.
David writes “I built and installed a power monitoring system in my house to monitor every branch circuit with 3 second resolution with over a year worth of history. I did a short writeup of the installation at the url above. Thought you might find it interesting”. Link.
Web show from Robert X. Cringely coming this fall. NerdTV is pretty much as I described it back in 2002: a downloadable video show that features long-form interviews with notable nerds. I was definitely ahead of the curve with that download feature. What has changed about the show is just the episode length, which is now about an hour up from 20 or so minutes, and the bandwidth required, now 183 kilobits-per-second up from 128. [via] Link.
Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Tim O’Reilly, the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media. Just to give you a new project or two to build over your next free weekend, we’ll hear about their new magazine “Make.” They also talk about the Where 2.0 conference. Link.
ODEO launched today, go check it out. So…we’ve opened the doors. After months of hard work, we’re proud to welcome you to Odeo. We’re still very much in beta, so we appreciate your feedback (and patience). But please look around, listen to some stuff, subscribe…have fun. Link.
According to an attendee at this year’s SegwayFest 2005 in Manchester, New Hampshire, the 4 wheeled Segway Centar will be released! Concept Centaur combines proprietary dynamic stabilization technology with advanced propulsion and suspension systems, and an intuitive user interface to create a unique four-wheel device that is easily controllable on two or four wheels. Link.
The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn’t confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. [via] Link. Bonus link- lots of add-ons.
