What happens when you cross an LED Throwie with a Koi fish? You get LED Swimmies, a.k.a. Lightfish. Basically they’re just a Throwie sealed inside of a colored plastic fish. Artist Karl Klar did an installation of 500 of these Swimmies (which don’t actually move) in the pond outside of the new Ars Electronica Center […]
An old vintage radio transformed into a slot loading DVD player – Link.
I don’t know from hot air soldering, so I can’t judge the details of this homemade rig, but it’s certainly a thorough Instructable. Hot air work/SMD soldering is something I need to break down and learn. Maybe you too? SparkFun has a decent tutorial . INSANELY HOT DIY Hot Air Soldering iron @ 15 Volts […]
Binder clips have a 101 uses. Here’s one of them. (Not sure I’d want my gadget just hangin’ out there like that.) The Ridiculously Clever Dock – Link
The first thing I thought, seeing this project which turns an iRobot Create into a robotic cane for the blind, is that it’s a prime example of “inappropriate” technology. If you’ve ever seen a blind person use a cane, you can tell it’s this incredibly sensitive and nimble feeler, an extension of the person’s arm […]
Ah… to be young again, in a cramped college dorm, bunk beds, all the comforts of a cell block. And for this guy, a laptop on rails he can use for working, playing, watching videos. Clever fella. He never has to get out of bed, which looks like a good thing. There’s no room! (Notice […]
HOW TO – Make fusing out of simple materials
