Pink Tentacle has a story about a living light national monument – “Toyama Bay is the habitat of the world-famous glowing firefly squid, which surface in large numbers every spring in a phenomenon that has been designated a special natural monument. Peak season for the firefly squid means big business for sightseeing boats that provide […]
Pat writes – “It’s amazing to see the technology — from computer aided design to lasers — that goes into making what some might consider a “low tech” product. It is a reminder once again of how manufacturing is synonymous with high tech. And, you’ll see that Channellock ships to 59 countries and has a […]
Tea Vui Huang writes – “The objective here is to create a low-cost introductory & disposable graphing calculator for the educational use of schools and students who may have difficulty, are unable or may not wish to acquire a stand-alone feature-laden graphing calculator. The TVH-72g Graphing Calculator is a small 14 Kbytes Mobile Java program […]
Aaron writes – “Dremel just got a lot of good press and reactions from their new Dremel Stylus. Looks like they’re continuing to expand in to new form factors with the Workstation, which allows a standard Dremel to be used as a mounted rotary tool and even as a drill press.” – Link. Not too […]
Nick is on a roll, plier food chain! Link. Previous: Drill chuck food chain – Link. C clamp food chain – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member s_h_i_r_o_u_t_o picked up the new Sanyo Enelopp rechargeable batteries, they’re not sold in the USA (yet, I think) – but they seem to be the best eco-friendly rechargeable batteries, can be recharged 1,000 times and do not have a major “memory effect” – Link. Oh, s_h_i_r_o_u_t_o also made a homemade […]
If you live in a big city with a lot of parking meters, meet your new keychain – ” Designed by Pollen Design. Springloaded holder with key ring holds 10 US quarters. 24 hour countdown with loud alarm. Bright LCD display” – [via] – Link.
