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Bring power to your prototypes with this convenient new kit - This power supply module plugs straight into common bread boards, allowing you to cleanly and easily power your board with a wall wart plug or with wires into screw terminals. It features a variable voltage regulator that can be set to output 3.3 or 5V with a jumper, or any voltage if a potentiometer is added. The input has a rectifier...
James Watt, the creator of the Solar Theremin , has another great kit that I am going to making for this weeks build. This time it's a kinetic horse made of paper. The final horse is able to gallop, thanks to a small hidden motor inside. This kit is a fairly easy build, but it does take a while to complete. I am not going to be documenting every step of the process this time. Why? Well, how many pictures...
Looking for some motivation to finish that bioluminescent fungus project? Well look no further - io9 wants to encourage mad scientists in every field, but especially in the area of synthetic biology. That's because synthetic biologists are the people who are going to build new life forms, like ligers and unicorns and people with claws and glowing eyes. OK, they might build bacteria that can clean...
Jason writes - You may have dug the videos of past DEFCON conferences that we posted back in May, but there's a whole other infosec conference, Shmoocon, which is held in D.C. every February. It's a while until the next conference comes up, but there have been some great presentations at past conferences, most of which are available online. Peteris Krumins recently assembled links to all of the videos...
Matt Mets writes: Being a console junky, I am always looking for ways to improve my experience at the terminal. One thing that is is dire need of improvement is the console bell. You know, the really annoying beeping sound that occurs when you pressed the wrong key, that you immediately disable when setting up a new computer. Unfortunately, the bell really does provide a useful service: that of allowing...
Cool Hunting did a video interview with Sabine Seymour and the rest of the folks at the Eyebeam show for the release of Sabine's new book, Fashionable Technology . Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Wearables | Digg this!
Jerome Demers, who did the BeetleBot project in Volume 12 of MAKE, has posted an updated version of the project, which is says is simpler to build, on Instructables. How to Build a Robot - The BeetleBot v2 ( Revisited) From the pages of MAKE: MAKE Volume 12: if you are a subscriber you can read it now in the include (free) digital edition... - Link. If you don't have MAKE you can start with the latest...
Using a repurposed Casio SK1, the Hockey Organ controls player movement via keypresses - it even has two vidcams and a screen to capture and display the live-action - The Hockey Organ 2007 Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this!
Here's a chair made out of furniture-grade birch plywood, pine dowels, cast aluminum, and pool noodles for the cushions. Four Square Chair Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Furniture | Digg this!
Matrixsynth posted this printable/foldable pattern for a papercraft KORG MS20 synthesizer for imaginary sonic enjoyment - KORG MS20 and MMV papercraft Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Crafts | Digg this!
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member Leadtowill built this little charmer of a thumb piano out of parts scavenged after a house was torn down (piezo pickup and 1/4" jack additional) - Junk Kalimba on Flickr Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this!
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool , Vin Marshall (Philadelphia, PA) writes: We built an human powered panzer kampwagen III tank in 11 days. This was intended to crash the party at the 2nd annual Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby (we crashed the 1st annual with a pirate ship), but by the time we arrived, we were all too exhausted to do much party crashing. Team pzkpfw Read more | Permalink | Comments...
Using Processing, Midi Yoke, Ableton Live and 3D Studio Max Motion Capture Controller, I was able to transmit movement from the WiiChuck to 3D Studio Max via MIDI. Arduino to 3D Studio Max Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!
Cell phones as diagnostic tools in areas without ultrasound & X-Ray machines via Book of Joe . A professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Berkeley and his colleagues have developed a cheaper way to perform medical imaging using a cellular phone. Boris Rubinsky's team has developed a portable medical scanner that can be plugged into a cellular phone, which transmits raw ultrasound...
Nice collection of Pocket sundials . Pocket sundials can be over 1000 years old, arguably making them the world’s first watches - and with no moving parts to break. Typically they were carried by shepherds, where there are a variety of designs, from the French Pillar Sundial to the Tibetan Time Stick. More: DIY Sundial for your garden. Web based sun dial . Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more...
