Giger Geiger Counter
Inside the Gigeresque enclosure by Steve D of Mad Art Lab resides functioning radiation sensing equipment capable of sensing minute amounts of radioactive material.
Gadgets
3D Printed Knife Sharpener
Pop Ben Chapman’s 3D printed knife sharpener onto the bottom of a standard coffee mug to use the unglazed portion of the vessel to hone a blade.
iPhone Papercraft Passive Amplifier
This iPhone Papercraft Passive Amplifier from the folks at Eco Made is a die cut piece of 100% post consumer chipboard that you can fold together into a fully functional passive amplifier. It comes unassembled flat, so it’s easy to store until you’re ready to use it.
Hacking a Cherry Pitter
My friend Naomi’s birthday is June 1, and it’s been a tradition in her family that she always receives a bag of cherries. When I’m just eating cherries by themselves, I don’t mind popping the whole thing in my mouth and working the pit out during the chewing process. But if you want to use […]
The Old Calculator Web Museum
The Old Calculator Web Museum is a treasure trove of images, specs, advertisements, and articles about the calculators of days gone by.
How-To: DIY Bike Light
Make your own LED bike light with the surprisingly simple DIY bike light tutorial that Etsy seller Robert Katovich of Electric Apparatus shared on the Etsy Blog’s How-Tuesday column. I have had so many bike lights break, get stolen off my bike, or just fall off while riding (or getting hit by SUVs) that I […]
Introducing the Gooseberry Board
Seems like there are a number of low power ARM SoC boards hitting the market recently. If the Beagle Bone, Raspberry Pi, and Via APC piqued your interest, you might want to also take a look at the recently announced Gooseberry. It’s an Allwinner A10 ARM SoC with 512MB RAM, 4GB onboard flash (up to 16GB with MicroSD), b/g/n Wifi, and goes for £40
