Month: January 2006

Secondary display laptop at CES (make your own)…

Image001 LowOn Slashdot I saw that ThinkComputers.org has an overview of some of the new gadgets at CES (yearly consumer electronics show in Las Vegas) and their round up includes a laptop with an display on the outside of the case…. “ASUS had a really cool concept that is not in production yet, but may be in a year or so. It is a laptop outfitted with an Auxiliary display, or external display. This display is used for quick date book and note checking to save the end user the time. ASUS is working directly with Microsoft on this technology and Vista will be outfitted it support this type of technology.” images here and here. Awhile back we made our own DIY version since it seems it’s going to take a bit longer until you can actually buy these, the how to is here.

HOW TO – Make Your Own Digital Anaglyphs

HOW TO – Make Your Own Digital Anaglyphs

81961728 258Bc82D97 OMatt writes “The stereoscope used lenses to make each eye see a separate image. It was wildly popular. In some ways it was the first “television,” found in the living-rooms and parlors of every self-respecting European and American family. 168 years later, the same basic principle is still used to create 3D movies and photographs. Here I’ve created my first stereo pair” Link.

HOW TO – The Super POV, the video!

HOW TO – The Super POV, the video!

Super Pov-9-1Remember the cool Bluetooth enabled POV project (spells words in the air with light) that Mikey Sklar made? Well, he was kind enough to let us put an excellent 3 minute video in our iTunes video podcast feed. So if you’d like to see how it was made, just click here to subscribe to our iTunes feed and you’ll automatically get the video along with all the other great audio and video from MAKE (the video will play on PCs, Macs and video iPods). Link to M4V (17MB).

InventionDB iPod contest ending next week!

InventionDB iPod contest ending next week!

InvdbMichael writes “The InventionDB iPod contest is ending on Sunday 1/8/06. The contest will award the best project entry with a 30 gigabyte iPod video. Creators of any age and experience level are welcome to enter – all you have to do is create a project entry with three images and three connected resources. Entries are judged primarily on quality of the documentation (concise description, pictures, resources, etc.). InventionDB.com is an online database of projects, resources, creators, communities and vendors. It provides users with free tools to quickly build online project documentation.” Link.

Low cost Wireless MIDI glove

Low cost Wireless MIDI glove

GloveVideo of a wireless MIDI glove…“haduz is a 24 year-old computer engineering graduate and musician from Bologna, Italy. He’s developed the 3DID wireless MIDI glove, with 5 bend sensors (I’m guessing that’s fingers), 3 gyroscopes, 3 accelerometers and 18 hours of battery life. As he says: “The most exciting thing is that the cost of the actual prototype (the glove shown in the video) together with the wireless receiver is about 150 euros.” Thanks Tom! Link.