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January 23, 2008
Bikestand with airpump
Is it possible to be in love with a bike stand? Yes!
...a bikestand with airpump(Heklucht), type Ypenburg The product has been conceived for an art project in Ypenburg (a newly build neighbourhood in the Netherlands). Eight products will be placed in front of eight houses. The goal of the project is to stimulate an interaction between neighbours, while pumping up the tyres of their bicycles. The hurdle is made out of polished stainless steel. Because of this, it shines like a jewel on the grey pavement.Bikestand with airpump, thanks Patrick! Link.
Related:
Bicycle projects and more @ MAKE - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 10:00 AM
Bicycles, Gadgets |
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Frozen wine art
Interesting frozen wine sculpture, you could probably do this with food coloring and water too... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 09:00 AM
Arts |
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Make your own Penrose stamps
Bold lentil writes in -
Penrose tiles are geometric shapes that are non-periodic or they lack translational symmetry. They are named after Roger Penrose, an English mathematical physicist, who explored the mathematical properties of these shapes. These tile shapes also make for some intriguing stamp action. With an eraser, an x-acto knife, a stamp pad, 2 push pins and a template you get the challenge of a sudoku and the simplicity of stampingMake your own Penrose stamps - Link.
Related:
Carving stamps from erasers - Link.
Stamps In Progress - Link.
HOW TO - Make Wine Cork Stamps - Link.
Craft - Volume 2 - Eraser-Carved Rubber Stamps (Quick Craft) (Page 21) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 08:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects |
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Robot helps you get skinny
"Autom", designed by a few MIT Media Lab graduates at the company, "Intuitive Automata Inc.", is a robot that coaches you to get into shape. Think of it as "The Biggest Loser" meets "Short Circuit 2".
Weight Loss Coach Construction - [via], Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jan 23, 2008 08:00 AM
Robotics |
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TechShop San Diego community meet-up pizza party -- January 24
TechShop meet up, also there will be 9 more TechShops this year! Jim writes -
TechShop is an open workshop space that provides its members with access to many tools and machines, and a place that they can just hang out and work on their projects. TechShop also offers lots of short, inexpensive classes on all the tools and equipment to members and non-members. Most importantly, TechShop is a full-time community for Makers.TechShop Link.TechShop is opening 9 locations, including one in San Diego this summer. TechShop's founder Jim Newton and TechShop San Diego partner Leo Cohen invite all San Diego Makers to come to the TechShop San Diego Community Meet-Up Party on Thursday, January 24 at 7 PM. You'll have the chance to talk about what you want to see at the San Diego TechShop, and find out what their plans are during an open Q/A session. Pizza and beverages will be provided by TechShop.
If you can attend, TechShop asks that you RSVP at the TechShop San Diego Web Site here - Link.
If you have friends, relatives or know of clubs or groups that you think would like to know about TechShop San Diego, please invite them to come to this event by forwarding this message to them along with the RSVP link. All San Diego Makers are welcome!
Related:
- TechShop San Diego web site - Link.
- Community Meet-Up Party Information – Link.
- TechShop Web Site – Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 07:00 AM
Events |
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Digital camera recreates analog tension
Designer Sungwoo Park has created the "EazzzY", a USB drive / digital camera with no buttons, no LCD screen and no viewfinder. The idea is that every time you plug the camera into your PC to download your pics, you will be surprised as to what's on there. The idea is to combine the "feeling of how an analog camera works" with the ease of digital portability and image retrieval.
USB Digital Camera Fakes Analog - [via]
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Jan 23, 2008 07:00 AM
Imaging |
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CAROLL: a cheap autonomous robot for on-line learning
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Fdecomite posted up some great shots of "CAROLL" a cheap autonomous robot for on-line learning -
...conception, building and programmation of a non-expensive autonomous wheeled robot, using as few electronic parts and special skills as possible. It makes use of a cheap but strong micro-controller, with enough program and data memory to enable sophisticated learning schemes (reinforcement learning, neural networks implementation, population based incremental learningCAROLL: a cheap autonomous robot for on-line learning - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 06:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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Kris Kuksi's art
It's easy to get lost in Kris Kuksi's art, the more I zoomed in to the photos and looked around the more it seemed there's works within works, amazing creepy cool stuff! Description from the site -
Kuksi's art speaks of a timelessness; potentiality and motion attempting to reach on forever, and yet pessimistically delayed; forced into the stillness of death and eternal sleep. He treats morbidity with a sympathetic touch and symbolizes the paradox of the death of the individual by objective personification of death. There is a fear of this consciousness because it drops in upon us without mercy, and yet there is a need to appeal to it in order to provide a sense of security, however deluded that sense may be. Kuksi's art warns us that this appeal is irrelevant, and that we should be slow to create a need for it. His themes also teach us that although death may pursue us arbitrarily, we should never neglect to mourn the tremendous loss of individual potential.Kris Kuksi's art - Link.
More:
Be sure, to check out the huge art section on MAKE - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 05:00 AM
Arts, Made On Earth |
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HOW TO - Make Printed circuit boards - An illustrated guide (and round up)
Here's a good tutorial on making your own PCBs (Printed circuit boards). And below is our round up with the many other methods -
Creating Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) is easy and fun for the whole family! But read the disclaimer -- heat and corrosive chemicals are dangerous ;-) After you've prototyped and tested your circuit design, creating a PCB will provide a sturdy and reliable backbone for your circuit and will give your project a professional finished quality.HOW TO - Make Printed circuit boards - An illustrated guide - Link.Using PCBs can even help reduce the time you spend building circuits, especially if you are producing multiple units, as you only need to follow a parts placement diagram (there's no longer any need to worry about specific interconnections).
As is usually the case, there is more than one way to do it: there are numerous ways to create PCBs. They range from the time-consumming and difficult to the fully automated and expensive. Here we will attempt to describe a method we've found ideal for small production runs (say, a few prototypes to a couple of dozen--when you reach the hundreds, it will probably be easier, quicker and cheaper to outsource) of single- or double-sided boards.
Related:
HOW TO - Direct to PCB ink jet resist printing - Link.
PCB etching - Link.
Two sided PCB using toner method - Link.
HOW TO - Turn your EAGLE schematic into a PCB - Link.
PCB making - Link.
Open source PCB design tools - Link.
PCB creation process - Link.
$30 High-speed PCB drill press - Link.
DIY Ultraviolet light source for PCB exposure - Link.
HOW TO - Make PCB's with a laser printer - Link.
HOW TO - Build a PCB router - Link.
Cheap and easy toner transfer for PCB making - Link.
PCB pictures with a scanner - Link.
Making a hand drawn PCB (printed circuit board) - Link.
HOW TO - Create your own PCB's - Link.
Make - Volume 02 - Primer: Printed Circuit Boards (Page 166) - Link (free MAKE preview, if you like it pick up a copy and/or subscribe!).
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 04:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Amazing orrery
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My friend Chris commission a custom made orrery from Fayetteville, Arkansas based artist and craftsman Eugene Sargent, it's stunning. Chris writes -
It was several months in the making, but the waiting was worth it. The Orrery has arrived and it is absolutely stunning.Amazing orrery - Link.Eugene did an amazing job, and I think he had fun making it because he's hinting he may make another one, perhaps to sell...
We got a kick out of the packaging when it showed up with an "Orrery Manufacturing Co." painted on the crate. We were worried about how well such an intricate little piece of useless machinery would survive shipment but the way it was crated up it could have survived anything. Seriously- the packaging was almost as complex as the device itself.
We pulled it out and set it up right away. The only "assembly" on our end was taking all the planets from the "planet box" and putting them into position (we did end up going out to Saturn). The planets are hand painted and glazed porcelain. I wasn't sure how that would look but actually they turned out pretty great I think. There's an interesting three-dimensional appearance to the planet surfaces as a result of the glazing.
Related:
Eugene Sargent's site, great stuff there - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 03:00 AM
Arts, Made On Earth |
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Singer's ladder - old sewing box becomes Jacob's ladder
A Jacob's Ladder is a high voltage "climbing arc" - MAKE Flickr photo pool member made one that lives inside an old Singer sewing box, build photos and more ahead! - Link.
Related:
Jacob's Ladder project - Link.
Jacob's ladder as a 12-Gauge steel sculpture - Link.
HOW TO - Build a five foot tall Jacob's ladder - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 02:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Light up skate boards
There are probably a dozen projects here on MAKE that you could use to make your own light up skateboards, but to get inspired check out the Photo light board site. It's not the future unless umbrellas and skateboards light up...[via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 01:00 AM
Transportation |
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Open source sustainability critique @ E Y E B E A M
If you're in NYC and work on green/ sustainable projects, bring them to the sustainable review with featured artists in FEEDBACK. Open to the public the Open Source Sustainability critique is on Saturday January 26, from 4-6PM. More @ E Y E B E A M - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 23, 2008 12:00 AM
Green |
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January 22, 2008
Hack a Day $600 workbench challange
If you had $600, not including physical bench or computers, how would you trick out your hacking workbench? Hack a Day's giving away a prize to one of the best submissions. The catch: you have to spend all $600 in your proposal. - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jan 22, 2008 09:00 PM
Electronics |
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Incandescent sculpture
Dylan Kehde Roelofs creates these handblown light-up sculptures, complete with filaments and all. - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Jan 22, 2008 07:00 PM
Arts, Electronics, Makers |
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Giant collection of Eee PC internal upgrades
HUGE collection of just about everything you can do to the super-popular and portable Eee PC. USB hub, GPS, Bluetooth, card reader 8 GB drive, 4 GB drive, wireless, FM transmitter, modem, RAM and more! - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 22, 2008 05:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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BREAKING NEWS: MySkit - Performance editor for PLEO
Robert writes -
The AIBO super hackers have entered the Pleo party full strength by porting one of their most powerful and fun AIBO performance tools over to Pleo. "Skitter", a full featured skit creation tool for the AIBO designed by the AIBO wizard known as DogsBody, has now been reincarnated as "My Skit". It allows Pleo owners to create their own performances giving them control over Pleo's various motors including the ability to import existing animations from the original Pleo library, with the added capability of adding and synchronizing sounds to movements. Skits are then assigned to the various touch sensors on Pleo's body allowing them to be triggered by a touch to that location, or they can also be run automatically on startup.BREAKING NEWS: MySkit - Performance editor for PLEO - [via] Link.In this video, I show Digger, Claire, and Pendragon, my 3 Pleos, doing a skit that involves a short bit of dialogue followed by a song complete with synchronized lip movements. Each Pleo is running a skit designed just for their part with it's own animations and sounds.
I'll be releasing the files that comprise the skit so all Pleo owners can perform the skit for their friends and family and be the star in their own Pleo show. I'll also include instructions on how to set up and perform the skit along with an alternate Claire script for the ladies out there that has Claire saying "Mommy" instead of "Daddy".
NOTE: Pleo owners that don't have 3 Pleos now have a fun excuse to meet other Pleo owners and perform skits for their families and friends by holding a local Pleo Party. You can find other Pleo owners in your area by visiting the Meetup thread on the Pleo World forum.
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Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 22, 2008 04:05 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Use Inkscape for laser cutters
Ponoko put together a guide on how to use the free and open source design tool Inkscape for use with high powered lasers (one of Ponoko's services) - Link.
LASER MADNESS:
HOW TO - Laser cut (and cook) meat - Link.
HOW TO - Make an iPhone stand with a laser cutter - Link.
Laser-etched Powerbook! - Link.
Laser Engraving Fingernails - Link.
HOW TO - Use a laser to etch PCBs (printed circuit boards) - Link.
HOW TO - MAKE:sushi - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 22, 2008 03:00 PM
DIY Projects |
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LED Floaties
The latest in the LED's bid for world domination, they've now taken to the skies in 99 luftballons.
LED Floaties - Link
Related:
- LED Throwies, etc. on Make: Blog - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jan 22, 2008 02:00 PM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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Full-colour RGB monome clone (Trinome?)
JMG writes in -
Here it is, the first project that I designed and executed on my own. I'm thinking of calling it the Trinome, but that's still up in the air.Full-colour RGB monome clone (Trinome?) - Link.The monome is a gorgeous, minimalist, open-source light-and-button pad used primarily by musicians as a controller. The folks over at SparkFun Electronics, inspired by the monome, released their own button pads and circuit boards, only they designed theirs to be able to hold RGB LEDs. They made this nifty Tetris game with their parts. Looking at it, though, I noticed something: they only seemed to use a limited palette, in particular, they only appeared to have red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow, and white, corresponding to channels being fully on or fully off. I wanted to see if I could get colour mixing, wherein channels were on partially in order to blend colours smoothly.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 22, 2008 01:00 PM
Arts, DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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