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July 18, 2007
Shinjuku station signage made with adhesive tape
I spent a lot of time in the Shinjuku station and always wondered about this!
If, over the past several years, you have had the privilege of joining the 3.3 million people that pass through Tokyo's Shinjuku station each day, you may have observed the work of Mr. Sato. A construction worker by trade, Sato uses strips of adhesive tape to create elaborate makeshift signs that help people navigate the temporary chaos of ongoing renovation work at Shinjuku station.Shinjuku station signage made with adhesive tape - Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 03:52 PM
Arts, Made On Earth, Transportation |
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RoboFlush
Joe built this thing to save him from holding down the toilet handle for 10 seconds every time he flushes... Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 02:00 PM
Electronics, Made On Earth |
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Build a QRSS (extreme slow speed continuous wave) transmission detector
This month's Gadget Freak comes courtesy of investment banker Hans Summers. He built a simple receiver capable of detecting QRSS transmissions on a fixed frequency. The QRSS receiver is powered by a computer's USB port and the audio output feeds into the PC's sound card. Hans used a toroidal transformer as matching and input filter, connected directly to a 30m (10MHz) dipole antenna and a useful oscillator/mixer IC as a crystal oscillator and mixer. Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Make DC Bicycle pedal power generators
Here's how to make DC Bicycle pedal power generators from the folks as Science Shareware -
Here you can learn to create your own green power electricity using a pedal power bicycle generator. We setup the 24 bicycle power generators at the 2007 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, 60,000 people a day for 3 days in the desert - Indio California. The bike generators were used for charging cell phones.DC Bicycle pedal power generator - Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 11:00 AM
Bicycles, DIY Projects, Electronics, Green |
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Lightning activated camera shutter trigger
FC writes -
This circuit is used to trigger a camera's electronic shutter circuit when a flash of lightning is present. This circuit would also work for photographing fireworks displays or other events involving flashes of light. In a nutshell, the photo darlington converts light pulses into electrical pulses, the first LM324 section amplifies the electrical pulses, the second LM324 section is a high pass filter that only passes quick changes (lightning). The third LM324 stage is a comparator that allows only large pulses to pass through, and the 4047 one-shot stretches out the length of the pulses so that they are long enough to drive the relay and trigger the camera.Lightning activated camera shutter trigger - [via] Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Imaging |
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Ybox night (photos)
Special thanks to everyone who attended the Ybox build night, The Ybox is an open hardware and software spec for an IP-enabled set-top box in a candy tin, here are some photos! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 18, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Events |
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Interfacing an AVR controller to a GPS mobile phone
Alex writes -
My goal is to build a kind of a mobile tracker. There are many different use cases you can think of but one of the obvious is a device, that is able to report where it is. This device can be put in your car and it could trigger an alarm, if the car got stolen. Actually it could tell you where it is.Interfacing an AVR controller to a GPS mobile phone - [via] Link.There are already mobile tracking devices out there, but they seemed to be too expensive and too closed for my needs. Another option is one of these new Nokia N95 which have built-in GPS. They are really nice, but about 600€, which is not a bargain. So I decided to do my own.
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Jul 18, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, GPS |
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Art-O-Mat: 10th anniversary
Jason writes -
Art-O-Mat celebrates 10 years! Art-O-Mat machines are retired cigarette vending machines converted to vend art. There are 82 active machines in various locations throughout the country.Art-O-Mat: 10th anniversary - Link (great gallery!).
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Jul 18, 2007 07:00 AM
Arts, Events |
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Stealth lamp - laser cut your own
Ben writes -
Stealth lamp was designed for a student project for a London company. They took no notice, but I am happy to give my designs to the wider community under CC. If there is lots of interst I will upload all my models.Stealth Lamp - Link.The stealth lamp is made from 0.9mm white polypropylene, and can be laser cut in under 30 secounds. The constuction is supported by a light socket that folds the shade into place.
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Jul 18, 2007 06:00 AM
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Robosapien micro-controller hack
How to change a Roposapien micro-controller with a Texas Instruments MSP430 - Link & PDF.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 18, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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HOW TO - Make a camera cozy
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories show you how to make a neat camera cozy! -
This camera cozy protects your LCD and keeps your lens cap on when you toss your camera in your bag or are just carrying it around. It also provides storage for a spare set of batteries as well as a location for the dead ones you're taking out.Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Link.It was designed for the Canon S2IS and S3IS, but the pattern can be adapted for other similarly shaped cameras.
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Jul 18, 2007 04:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Imaging |
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Disposable camera mods
Greg writes -
I have been looking at mods and hacks for a while now, and I always save them when I see something cool. I have done several DIY projects using a disposable camera, and so they have always peaked my interest. I decided to take all of the mods that I have seen over the last few years and make a top ten list of what I think are the coolest mods for a disposable camera. These hacks are in no particular order.Disposable camera mods - Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 03:00 AM
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Norman Borlaug - Green Revolution
Norman Borlaug isn't a household name, but he's a great American scientist worth spending a few minutes reading about... -
An Iowa farm boy will receive the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his lifetime work saving millions of people around the world from starvation.DesMoinesRegister - Link.Norman Borlaug, a pioneer of the "Green Revolution" who was born on a Cresco farm in 1914, will become one of only five people in history to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The others are Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel and Nelson Mandela.
Iowa Public Television will broadcast the documentary "Out of Iowa: Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution,"at 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Jul 18, 2007 02:00 AM
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LA Craft Fair Weekend wrap up
CRAFT Magazine's Carla Sinclair and Goli Mohammadi were in LA for two big crafting events: Tinlark Gallery's Modern Fables and Felt Club XL Summer. Throughout the weekend, Carla and Goli were busy meeting crafters, doing workshops (paper beads at Tinlark and Gocco demos at Felt Club), and braving the scorching heat , pictures and more here - Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 01:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects |
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Periodic Table of the Internet
This is a neat way to list useful and interesting web sites, with a periodic table - (We're MK!) Thanks Zach - Link.
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Jul 18, 2007 12:00 AM
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July 17, 2007
Antique tech treasure-trove
If you're a fan of antique tech, especially radio gear from the first half of the 20th century, and you're unfamiliar with Steve's Antique Technology site, man are you in for a treat. This site is loaded with pics and document-scans of radios, tube test equipment, meters, you name it. He especially has lots of material on Supreme-brand test equipment (as pictured above). Steve also sells tubes, other components, old radios books, and even some antique gear. A must-bookmark.
Steve's Antique Technology - Link
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Jul 17, 2007 09:00 PM
Electronics, Gadgets, Retro, Toolbox |
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James Ford and the General Carbuncle
James Ford spent 2 years affixing over 4,500 on to a car. It's a homage to the "General Lee" car from the Dukes of Hazzard: The General Carbuncle... Link.
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Jul 17, 2007 05:00 PM
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TSA and electronics
A tale about homemade electronics, specifically an iPod charger and TSA, Damon writes -
I tell him it is a battery charger for my iPod. He asks if I made it myself, to which I reply that I purchased a kit over the internet. He says that he can't let me on the plane with it. I explain to him that I have flown with it 4-6 times a month for a year now and nobody has questioned it. He says, "Not on my watch and not with my people."My Encounter with the TSA - Link.He swabs the device and runs it through the calorimeter. Again, no residue.
I ask why it can't be taken on the plane and he said, "Because it looks like an IED." Now, I agree it looks suspicious, but the machine found no traces of explosives, and the device wasn't big enough to do any damage.
...He tells me to sit down and he checks my feet. I was about to make a joke about him giving me more attention than my wife when Donna comes over and sits down next to me. She asks what the thing is, I tell her it's a battery charger. She asks why I have it, and I begin to explain that the iPod only has about 2 hours of video time, but with the MintyBoost! I can get about 20 hours of video time. I explain that the airport commute and the airplane flight take a few hours...
She interrupts me and says she doesn't like the look of it. She starts in with the typical, "In these times..." excuse for the concern.
I fly with a lot of electronics and so far nothing like this has happened, but I think it's worth reading the entire story (he eventually did get on the plane with his gear).
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Jul 17, 2007 01:00 PM
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uPNP audio streaming to the Neuros OSD
Joe writes -
It's projects like this that really illustrate the promise of the OSD: combine open source code, open standards and google summer of code and suddenly you get interoperability with a host of pc media players. It also serves to remind that a great application of the OSD is streaming audio from the PC to your stereo (or net radio shortly). The efforts to port XMMS2 to the OSD are ongoing, and now Progeny's recent Google Summer of Code project to bring uPnP to the OSD. If you're not familiar with uPNP, the demo video here should bring you up to speed (at least on one possible application). Basically what we've implemented so far is the ability to share not only your audio collection but all the media management from your PC media player to the OSD. This means if you've spent time rating your songs, creating playlist, etc then you can have all that information located in one central place and access it from your OSD.uPNP Audio Streaming to the OSD - Link.
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Jul 17, 2007 12:00 PM
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Ice cream stick ship sets sail
Ice cream stick ship sets sail...A ship constructed from 5 million recycled ice cream sticks glued together by more than 5,000 schoolchildren sets sail - [via] Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
Report from the world of backyard technology. MAKE 06 - page 18. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition - or get MAKE 06 @ the Maker store.
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Jul 17, 2007 11:30 AM
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