The GeigerPod
iPod + Geiger counter = GeigerPod – Flickr photo set of the making! [via] Link.
Month: March 2006
Build your own copyright infringer machine
Peter writes – “Handy with software and want to break some international copyright laws? Remix music with tiny fragments of copyrighted material. A new project (sCrAmBlEd?HaCkZ!) that uses audio input to trigger remixed, sliced samples (so you can beatbox in sounds) will soon release GPLed C++, Python, and Pd code. If that sounds too tricky, […]
3D Google Earth
Ian writes – “3D images created using Google Earth – an image is taken, then a second image slightly rotated to one side. These are then blended to create 3D photos. Some work well (I think St Helens is the best one) and some are not so good.” – [via] Link. Related: Callipygian 3D free […]
Make some Bamzookis!
Don writes – “The BBC broadcasts a children’s program called Bamzooki! It’s built around “zooks” and competitions between them. The zooks are computer designed robots constructed by the audience using a downloadable from the site. The target audience is probably low teens but 8-80 might be more like it. One of the challenges is that […]
The Citizen Scientist
Zunkworks writes – “The Citizen Scientist is a weekly e-zine published by Society for Amateur Scientists. Check out the projects and lab tips sections, lots of cool things to Make. TCS also maintains an archive with topics from outdoor photography to making vacuum pumps to monitoring atmospheric pollution.” – Link. I just got a membership, […]
UVA Virtual Lab podcasts
Professor John C. Bean from The University of Virginia Virtual Lab writes – “I completed the podcast conversion (including narration) of the “UVA Virtual Lab” webpage explaining “How Semiconductors and Transistors Work”. If use of this podcast materializes, I’ll proceed with conversion of additional webpage presentations to podcasts. Suggestions welcome on which website pages might […]
Cheap radio controlled UFO
Blitzner writes in about the two fellows making the UFOs in Orange county – “…You can get prebuilt models similar to this for $40 with motor and gearbox. You can buy a good radio system for $100-250, the $250 model being overkill for this.” – [via] – Link.