The phantom Keystroker would be fairly easy to spot plugged into your computer, but the results would be fun to watch. Maybe a remake is in order, especially if you can make it smaller, and easier to conceal. The Phantom Keystroker may look like a harmless circuit board, but it’s actually a devious contraption of […]
It’s spring and that means one thing: Peep War! (ah… at least at our house). Peep War is one of the free print and play games from Invisible City. You download the rules, hex tiles, and jelly bean counter stand-ins (if you don’t have jelly beans). And you need those grotesquely delicious springtime confections marshmallow […]
On Dinosaurs + Robots, Mister Jalopy wrote about this sweet 1940s gas-powered model racer: Starting in the 1920’s, well before radio control cars, hobbyists built and raced nitro burning model cars tethered to a center point like an old Cox airplane. Eventually, there was a commercial market of such size that small manufacturers like Duro-Matic […]
Opening up an Eyeclops video magnifier reveals an unusual detail. Apparently the designers thought the included SMD circuit was so unimpressive that an enlarged, printed version was necessary – or maybe they were just really excited about magnification in general? Either way, mounting a standoff directly onto a crystal oscillator is generally not advisable. [via] […]
Pictures from Kenya and Ghana of toys made from scrap metal, tins, wire, and pieces of leather via Boing Boing Gadgets.
PingMag brings us an interview with Dana Gordon and Jean-Baptiste Labrune of Mediamatic on how to make hybrid toys. The Dutch Mediamatic centre is known for connecting the physical world with the digital. So, a couple of weeks ago, they held a Hybrid Toys Workshop to teach people how to make physical toys with digital […]
The crazy steampunk machine – [via] Link
