Goldenrod Foundation has created this nifty animated map to show how migratory birds use Plymouth Beach in Massachusetts. Check out their interactive map showing the migratory path of some of the birds that pass through Plymouth. It is fairly amazing to see that the birds seem to fly to specific regions and towns in far […]
Plustek is showing this $700 Book Reader V100 at CES 2009. It scans books directly into MP3 audio files using optical code recognition (OCR) and a tiny little man with a mellifluous baritone voice trapped inside. Or some kind of text-to-speech program. I’m not sure which. Given the choice between this and buying something that’s […]
This isn’t the sharpest Instructable on the site, but I like the idea that people are starting to see what sorts of useful projects they can do with the innards from dead CF light bulbs (such as, in this case, a step-down DC-DC converter and a Joule thief). Make cool gadgets from a deceased fluorescent […]
Ryan writes in- This could make an interesting MAKE hack. I’m sure the brainwave scanner isn’t high quality but it still could be neat to take apart and come up with some projects. Toy trains ‘Star Wars’ fans to use The Force… Could The Force be with you? A toy due in stores this fall […]
Here’s something that never would have occurred to me — using old contact lens cases to hold and organize surface-mount and other tiny electronics parts. Small Parts Tray made from Contact Lens Cases
Can you see the stars at night in your neighborhood? Maybe not, but the Civil Twilight Collective is working to raise awareness and encourage solutions to light pollution. Lunar Resonant street lighting is an interesting way of providing an appropriate amount of illumination to cityscapes. Photographer Christina Seely has been doing nightscapes of the brightest […]
Wastricity is the use of electricity in a way that provides no personal or public benefit. There is no public benefit to the money spent lighting streets and the exterior of buildings during the daytime. Who should you talk to when you see municipal money being spent on electricity or other utilities for zero constructive […]
