Figures made from wires
Incredible solider figures made from lots of wire – the photos are a good how-to for making your own! – [via] Link.
Month: March 2006
Xbox 360 Memory transfer kit
Lik-Sang has a review of a $14 Xbox 360 to PC memory transfer kit – “For those of you who think 64 Megs is just not enough, we have today received stock of the Memory Transfer Kit from Datel for Xbox 360.” – Link. $5 DIY version – Link.
Mixed Reality Interface (video)
Reminds of the old 80’s coin-op game “Time Traveler” – A central, powerfully inovative development project is the novel input device MRI – Mixed Reality Interface. The new input device MRI – developed by KOMMERZ – opens the use of interactive 3D applications to a broad audience.” – [via] Link. KOMMERZ – Link. Related: You […]
Robot to look after the elderly
Doesn’t get more NEWS FROM THE FUTURE than this… – “The RI-MAN robot carries a life-sized doll at the Riken laboratory in Nagoya, central Japan. The RI-MAN is a seeing, hearing and smelling robot that can carry human beings and is aimed at helping care for the country’s growing number of elderly.” [via] Link. Related: […]
Building a MythTV Antenna System
Over-the-air reception with an antenna can be a maddening affair. TV signal strength can vary dramatically, especially indoors, and it can take a lot of tinkering to get an antenna system set up right. Matthew Gast walks you through his process of setting up a antenna system for digital reception. Link.
Scrap Skechbook
Jeffery Warren of Vestal Design has created an ingenious way to use up old scrap paper. Jeffrey says, “Bind all your old scrap paper and doodles into a new sketchbook, where the facing pages are all blank and the verso pages are covered in interesting and varied image fragments.” Link.
NES Zapper Mouse
Turn a NES gun into a mouse (good for Duck hunt MAME) – Link.