MAKE pal John Maushammer (who reverse engineered the firmware in all three Pure Digital disposable cameras and figured out how to connect them to home computers) sent in this amazing pong watch! He writes – “I loved the idea behind the Pong Clock and I’ve wanted to make my own watch for a while now… […]
Splunch writes – “Nineteen-year-old Pankaj Sharma from India has invented a pair of shoes that can charge your cellphone while you are on the move – literally! By simplying walking, your cellphone can be charged within an hour’s time. The way it works is pretty simple. A dynamo is attached to the shoe, which converts […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Eccramer writes in with a clever way of finding the open milk container – “A little bit of back story. My family draws on the milk container that is currently open as to cut down on time searching for an open container. Lately I’ve been using blog logos as my […]
Morgan writes – “I read this article in yesterday’s Times about the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen. The group has been around for over 100 years, and still operates a massive library that focuses on trades and crafts, as well as a free trade school. I went by the yesterday afternoon; the library is […]
Tune in to these customized satellite dishes by artist Julien Celdran – [via] – Link.
The toaster and the shower are my favorites… – “Artist Kevin O’Callaghan, a Manhattan School of Visual Arts professor, saw something of beauty in the car that the public has turned its back on. He bought 39 rusty Yugos and asked his students to make objects of functional art from them. What was remnants of […]
Kevin Kelly’s Street Use blog has an article about jazz recordings etched into old x-ray film – “In the USSR and Eastern Europe in the 1950s underground night spots would play music pirated from the west. The only media they had were recorders etched into discarded X-ray film. I’ve long sought some images. Researcher Camille […]
