Jason Bradbury posted up more details on his DIY hoverboard. We like Jason, he’s a UK TV presenter / Maker who builds gizmos and gadgets – the world’s first Bluetooth phone glove, $1 electronic lie detector, an in-car HUD, wearable PC, DIY PVRs and this hoverboard – lots to check out and see on his site – Link to hoverboard & main site.
Previously – DIY hoverboard & Ultra-Simple Hovercraft.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 9:54 PM
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Chris sent us in a (humane) how to on catching a mouse without a mousetrap, all using household items – Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 8:45 PM
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Andrew writes – “Bob Brown of Southern Polytechnic State University has a neat series of Web Lectures on electronic circuits that describe electronics from simple electric circuits, through combinational circuits. The circuits are emulated using Javascript functions, which make it feel like you are interacting with the circuitry itself.” – Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 7:54 PM
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Ok, so Apple now has a Hi-Fi stereo / boom box that blows away my DIY version I’m working on in every measurable way…but c’mon this one might actually go boom – Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 6:50 PM
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Chuck sent in his great how to on making a copper pipe potato gun – “Dave and I have an affinity for copper. We’re, I guess, slightly obsessed with the stuff. It’s shiny, soft but strong, and easy to work with. So we build stuff out of it more and more frequently. Some bloggable, some not. One of our recent bloggable uses for copper pipe is our copper potato gun.” Link.
Related: The Night Lighter by William Gurstelle. Launch potato projectiles 200+ yards with this stun-gun triggered, high-powered potato cannon with see-thru action. Info & article on page 108.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 5:49 PM
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Clarke writes – “‘Kon-Tiki’ a huge scouting event in South Africa inspired by Thor Heyerdhal’s 1947 adventure aboard a reed raft demonstrating that ancient people could have sailed from South America to Polynesia. Troops build rafts that must stay afloat for 24 hours using their pioneering skills (ropes, poles and oil drums; no nails or screws) and take part in various competitions. The rafts must have waterproof accommodations for six, a cooking area for the preparation of at least one three course meal and proper toilet facilities. Teams are judged on a variety of standards and skill tests throughout the weekend. There are fringe events for raft support teams. This looks like great fun. The site featues building plans and pictures of some impressive rafts. – Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 4:31 PM
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David writes – “Spamgraffiti is a series of online installations created from spam. Each environment is created by spooling through one email account and visually articulating the spam on a series of layers. Newer spam appears above and slowly filters out older spam below. As the rate of spam increases over time per account, the page itself appears less and less like the previous generation. Each screen showcases the 25 most recent spam in the account. Of note, this project has been going on for over a year and accumulated over 30,500 spam messages from ‘inactive’ email account.” Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 3:18 PM
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Clever approach to fight tick-borne diseases – “A tick-exterminator designed by three engineering undergrads at the Virginia Military Institute scours yards for ticks and nabs them with its pesticide-laced denim skirt.” [via] Link.
Interesting, iRobot may want to consider chatting with these fellows – a ruggedized Roomba, with its AI, and this approach could work out well for areas with ticks.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 2:34 PM
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is here – Wikipedia on your iPod, uses iPod linux – “Encyclopodia is a free software project that brings the Wikipedia, which is one of the largest encyclopedias on the world, on the Apple iPod MP3-Player. It has been successfully tested on a third-generation iPod and on an iPod mini, but it should also work on other iPod generations.”[via] Link.
Related: MAKE Volume 02. Mod Your Pod in DIY: Mobile. Enhance your iPod with a Linux upgrade. Page 135.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 1:50 PM
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Homebrew action is hitting hard today, PepsiMan has a DS browser, he writes – “I didn’t think we’d ever get a web browser running in DSLinux, but I was proved wrong when phestar compiled retawq for DSLinux. DSLinux has beaten Nintendo/Opera by releasing the first web browser for the DS.” [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Tuesday February 28th, 2006 12:55 PM
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Exclusively in the Maker Shed, this updated Redpark Breakout Pack for Arduino and iOS makes interfacing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with the real world easy! This bundle includes the new RedPark TTL Cable for iOS so a TTL adapter (and soldering) is no longer required.
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