I have very little information about this project, but it appears to be the work of a Brazilian designer who goes by “veroicono”. If you are s/he, or know anything about him/her, any info you can provide in the comments below or by e-mail will be appreciated. This is a cool idea, and I want to make sure the right person gets credit for it. [Thanks, Kevin Groce!]
MAKE subscriber Bill from Rochester, NY, created this cool chandelier that can be programmed via XBee.
The USB Infrared Toy, available in the Maker Shed, is an assembled, open source, USB infrared remote control receiver/transmitter designed by DangerousPrototypes. Use it as a remote control with your computer, to view infrared signals on a logic analyzer, to capture and clone infrared signals, and to play IR codes.
Thanks to Flickr user Matt Jones for hipping me to Udi Tirosh’s recent homemade softbox design contest over on DIYPhotography.net. For those, like myself, who are unsure, a “softbox” or “soft box” is simply a diffuse lighting source for taking photos, commonly with a reflective interior and one or more diffusing panels that scatter the light and help prevent it from casting harsh shadows. The contest had seventy submissions, reportedly, and here you can read about Udi’s top 24.
If these little student desks conjure up images of exams, sustained silent reading, and learning fractions, take a look at Pete Mills’ SpinArt Desk, which puts an artistic “spin” on these boring mini workstations. Pete found the desk for $10 at a local ReUse Center and added a box fan motor to make a piece […]
Cutting designs in carpet with electric clippers works surprisingly well. I used an old pair of clippers, and though the blades were pretty much toast when I was done, they weren’t new to begin with, and they only cost $10 to replace. The actual cutting went pretty quickly.
Send @dangerousproto a tweet and their thermal printer will print it! (Watch it live on Ustream for the time being.) This is a soft-launch of our project for the Adafruit/Instructables Make it Tweet Challenge. We’ll have some documentation up on Instructables tomorrow, but we need your help stress testing the system today. Thermal Tweeter is […]
