Make Fest @ O’Reilly Emerging Technology conference (more photos)
More photos from the MAKE fest at Etech from hardware hacker Joe Grand – Link.
Month: March 2006
Knitting at ILM & Lucasfilm
I got to take a tour around ILM today at lunch thanks to a friend and caught some great knitting action by two crafty ladies of ILM and Lucasfilm. Susan Rauch of Lucasfilm Accounting (left) and Lauren Morimoto of ILM Rotoscope (right ). Turns out a lot of crafty ladies work there and do their […]
Blink a LED
Own writes – “I found this site a while ago and always keep it close at hand for doing quick tests when I move to a new type of PIC. Great for when your new free samples from Microchip.com turn.” – Link.
Air compressor motocycle
Todd sent in these photos of homemade air powered motorcycles, I’m not sure what this is about, but they look like a lot of fun – Link.
Videos from Roomba fights!
Chris shot some great videos from our underground Roomba brawl at Etech – some of the videos are from the cameras we mounted during the actual throw down – Link.
Homebrew game trail camera
Almar writes – “This site shows how to build a self-triggering camera using a PIR (motion)sensor. Nice for capturing (unaware) animals.” – Link.
Top 10 Retrocomputers list
James writes – “I’m running a Top 10 list of my favorite “Retrocomputers” on Retro Thing. Many are DIY replicas (like the Briel Apple I clone and a miniature PDP-8) or old-stock classic microcomputers that you can still buy today (like the Sinclair ZX81 kit).” – Link.