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January 8, 2008
Canon camera is a mecha!
Scott sent in this Canon Ixus demolished and turned into a scrap mecha - Link.
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Jan 8, 2008 04:00 AM
Arts, Imaging |
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Turf Trac 8hp lawn tractor refurb
FrankG sent in this fun project that features the salvage of a lawn tractor destined for the land fill - Link.
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Jan 8, 2008 03:00 AM
Green, Transportation |
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PET bottles shredder (filetador)
This device "shreds" plastic bottles to make them easier to carry and to make crafts with them -
Aiming to reduce the volume of PET bottles carried by "catadores" (people who collect bottles and other kinds of waste from streets), Takashi Utsumi developed a device with which one can rapidly shred PET bottles into ribbons suitable for use in crafts. There are two types of PET shredder:PET bottles shredder (filetador) - [via] Link.
More:
Miwa Koizumi: PET project - plastic water bottles - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 8, 2008 02:00 AM
Arts, Crafts, DIY Projects |
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5 unbelievably cool research facilities
5 places from around the world that looks like the coolest places you could possibly do research. If there were "Maker tours" all of these would be on the list... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 8, 2008 01:00 AM
Made On Earth, Science |
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i Craft: things- Leatherman "Squirt" S4 (scissors version)
We are etching up a new batch of CRAFT Leatherman tools! Get them while they're hot... LASER HOT! Small enough to fit on your key chain, the "i Craft: things" pocket tool is the perfect companion for mobile fixing, cutting, hacking and crafting. This is a limited offering with custom "i Craft: things" laser lovingly etched with care using a 35w laser. Comes with a 25 year warranty from Leatherman.
Features:
- Squirt S4 features
- Scissors (spring loaded)
- Straight Knife
- Tweezers
- Extra-Small Screwdriver
- Medium Screwdriver
- Small Flat Phillips Screwdriver
- Nail File/Cleaner
- Opener
- Lanyard Attachment
- Ruler (on opposite side of file)
- Length: 2.25 in. / 5.5 cm closed
- Weight: 1.8 ounces / 52 grams
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 8, 2008 12:00 AM
Announcements, Crafts |
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January 7, 2008
Graphical resistance calculator for iPhones
Ok Makers, here's a portable graphical resistance calculator for iPhones, but it should work on most other things including most/all computers too, enjoy - Link.
Try it out, if there are any changes to make it look better just send me a HTML file and I'll upload a new version (just keep the credits from the original author in there).
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 05:00 PM
Cellphones |
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HOW TO - Noise-reduce your HDD
Instrucatble with techniques for quieting that wood chipper inside your PC tower.
Noise Free HDD - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jan 7, 2008 04:00 PM
Computers, Instructables |
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Wine bottles + roller-skiing = musical instrument
Michel Lauzière, Master of the Unusual plays the "Toreador Song" from the opera Carmen using wine bottles while roller skiing past them, nice!- Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 03:00 PM
Music |
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A different kind of "third hand"
A pic from a 1948 issue of Popular Mechanics of a "spring-arm" hands-free calling device.
Flexible steel arm for hands-free calling, 1948 - [via] Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jan 7, 2008 02:00 PM
Modern Mechanix, Retro |
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Art imitating atom blast
A group of award winning Czech artists inserted a mushroom cloud in a weather report, some folks aren't too happy about it. I wonder if people were more worried that it was likely or unlikely given in our current escalated world climate. Duke it out in the comments...
A flash of bright light could be seen followed by a fiery mushroom cloud on the horizon. The group, who last month won an award from Prague's National Gallery, face charges of spreading false information. It was the first time the NG 333 prize for young artists was awarded. The six, who call themselves "Ztohoven", claim that the aim of the project - called Media Reality - was to show how reality can be manipulated by the media.Art imitating atom blast - Link.
And from ART THREAT
The performance, entitled “Media Reality” sparked controversy throughout the country. The Czech National Gallery awarded the group with the newly created NG 333 prize for their work. ”This piece---alongside all of the art the group Ztohoven is making - is crossing the border from art into something more social. The artists are trying to escape from the cage of art, and into real life. They would like to influence their own lives, and other people’s lives.” The cash prize totaled approximately 333,000 KOR, or US$18,350.
Related:
ztohoven's MySpace page (with artist's statement) - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
How to Drink Beer on C-SPAN. Put yourself into somebody else's video. MAKE 07 - Page 144. Subscribers—read this article now in your digital edition or get MAKE 07 @ the Maker store.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 12:00 PM
Arts, Imaging |
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Bunnie inside the XO
Hacker hacking wunderkind Bunnie Huang deconstructs an XO laptop and details his findings:
Thanks in part to the low power of the Geode CPU, the design mounts the motherboard against the LCD, unlike most laptops where the motherboard is under the keyboard. This configuration has some simplicity advantages, especially considering the flexibility required by the display unit that can be flipped 180 degrees in either direction. The heatsink for the CPU consists simply of a thin metal heat spreader, which is in close proximity to the plastic casing: no cooling holes, fins, or fans to collect dust and break (notice how the Intel Classmate PC features prominent cooling holes for its under-keyboard CPU module). It also doesn't burn your lap up while you are using it (although the display still does get quite warm when you use it-I tucked it into my jacket once to keep me warm while running around outside in the cold).
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Jan 7, 2008 12:00 PM
Computers, Electronics |
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Humanoid containers
I really likes these humanoid containers from artist Ernesto Neto - Link (io9 - great new Sci-Fi site!) & more about the artist.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts |
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Make your own vacuum tubes?
Check out this absolutely mesmerizing (17 minute!) video of a French amateur radio operator who rolls his own vacuum tube triodes! I love the ease with which he performs these rather high-end skills (like glass forming), the gestural flourishes (like it's hand magic), and the Zelig-esque soundtrack.
Les lampes radio - [Thanks, Bruce!] Link
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Jan 7, 2008 11:00 AM
Electronics, Retro |
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HOW TO - Power a Chumby with a battery pack
Here a bit about powering a Chumby from an external battery pack, Bunnie writes -
Recently, someone on the chumby forum noted that the Energizer ER-PHOTO battery pack works with the chumby. The ER-PHOTO is a handy little device that essentially emulates a 12V DC wallwart with a pass-through mode, so you can continue to use whatever is plugged into the battery pack while it charges. There’s a lot of devices out there that run off of 12V and use that classic 5.5mm DC barrel jack, so they are certainly handy to have around. As you can see in the photo below, the pack consists of 3x 1800mAh Li-Ion cells, which gives a nominal capacity of 20 Wh; of course, the step-up regulator is probably only 90% efficient or so, and the circuitry in the pack is fairly simple, so maybe it lacks the electronics to safely milk the last drop out of the batteries, resulting in a reduced delivered capacity.HOW TO - Power a Chumby with a battery pack - Link.Scott Janousek has a nice little writeup about how you can install the battery pack inside a chumby, although I’d be more than a little bit wary about doing what he’s written up–he’s taken the raw Lithium Ion cells out of their protective plastic housing. The electrical tape wrapping won’t provide adequate protection against puncture or impact (which is possible if you’re carrying around a chumby and you drop it). This can lead to cells catching fire in a way that can’t be put out easily (only class D fire extinguishers work on these fires, and many homes and small offices have only type ABC extinguishers).
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Jan 7, 2008 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Open source hardware |
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Programming DNA (video) - A 2-bit language for engineering biology
Here's a video from the AMAZING session "Programming DNA" @ the 24th Chaos Communication Congress -
A 2-bit language for engineering biology. Biological engineering does not have to be confined to the laboratories of high-end industry laboratories. Rather, it is desirable to foster a more open culture of biological technology. This talk is an effort to do so; it aims to equip you with basic practical knowledge of biological engineering.24C3 - Programming DNA - #2329 - [via] Link.Genetic engineering is now a thirty year old technology. For reference, over a similar period of time, modern computing machines went from exclusive objects used to design weapons of mass destruction, to the now ubiquitous panoply of personal computing devices that support mass communication and construction. Inspired by this and many other past examples of the overwhelmingly constructive uses of technology by individuals, we have been working over the past five years to develop new tools that will help to make biology easy to engineer. We have also been working to foster a constructive culture of future biological technologists, who can reliably and responsibly conceive, develop, and deliver biological technologies that solve local problems.
This talk will introduce current best practice in biological engineering, including an overview of how to order synthetic DNA and how to use and contribute standard biological parts to an open source collection of genetic functions. The talk will also discuss issues of human practice, including biological safety, biological security, ownership, sharing, and innovation in biotechnology, community organization, and perception across many different publics. My hope is that the conferees of 24C3 will help me to understand how to best enable an overwhelmingly constructive hacker culture for programming DNA.
Related:
Perkin Elmer PRISM 7700 Gene/DNA Sequence/Sequencer PCR (eBay) - Link.
More:
Additional talks from the CCC - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, News from the Future, Science |
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Toy hacking workshop
Great idea, a toy hacking workshop! If anyone goes to this in London let us know -
Don’t know what to do with those spare toys lying around post-Christmas season? This workshop just might be the thing for you. After a successful Pimp my Gadget workshop in Budapest, we have the pleasure of having Adam Somlai Fisher and Massimo Banzi lead his 2 day fun workshop during which you will be doing some wire bending, learn about basic electronics and hack toys!Toy Hacking workshop - [via] Link & more about the workshop @ NPR.Moving Brands
59 Charlotte Road
London
EC2A 3DH
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 08:00 AM
Events, Toys and Games |
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Chaos Radio Express International Interview
While in Berlin, Tim Pritlove, interviewed me for his radio show: Chaosradio Express International. It's the English-language branch of his German radio show. The 15 English podcasts will make you want to learn German to hear the rest of his German podcasts! We had a great conversation about hacking, education, and we chatted at length about hacker spaces and CCC. You can go listen to it on the page, or download the mp3.
Chaosradio (German) - Link
Chaosradio International (English) - Link
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Jan 7, 2008 07:47 AM
DIY Projects, MAKE Podcast |
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Test chamber from a re-wired toaster
Here's how to make a test chamber from a re-wired toaster -
Mark Thoren and Jim Williams needed to test the temperature compensation scheme of a circuit they were designing. The lab had several temperature chambers, but they were always in use. In frustration, Jim grabbed a brand new toaster and plopped it down on Mark's desk, saying, "This will do." Not quite. The hysteresis of the oven's thermostat was 10C — too crude to measure the circuit. Mark and Jim scrounged about and found an auto-tuning temperature controller, some solid-state relays and a shiny platinum RTD probe. After some minor rewiring they had a test chamber, more than adequate and better than most of the "real" chambers that were never available when needed.Test chamber from a re-wired toaster - Link.
Other toaster (and toast) projects:
Lab-on-a-Chip with Shrinky Dink and toaster oven - Link.
Toaster as Presser - Link.
Toaster lets you write on your breakfast - Link.
Toaster burns images - Link.
Advances in toaster music technology - Link.
Solder surface mount parts with a toaster oven... - Link.
Play with your food: Rework your toast - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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RepRap PWM Driver v1.1 / DC motor driver v1.1 released
Good news for RepRap makers, Zach writes -
I've finished two new versions of the boards for the Arduino electronics. These are incremental improvements that offer cool stuff like more blinky LEDs, minor fixes, and such. Full build pix, tester code, and everything you need to know to get started with these boards.RepRap PWM Driver v1.1 / DC motor driver v1.1 released - Link.The DC Motor Driver board will control 2 small DC motors (or you could drive a small stepper if you wanted).
The PWM Driver board will control 3 channels of PWM at up to 5A each (theoretically) This is used for things like fans, heaters, etc that just need to be turned on/off.
The files are released on SourceForge, the boards are for sale in the RRRF store, and everything should be fully documented.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 06:00 AM
Arduino, Electronics, Kits, Open source hardware |
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Fingernail mosaic
A manicurist in Beijing pays tribute to the upcoming Olympics by creating a mosaic out of 28,000 acrylic fingernails - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jan 7, 2008 05:00 AM
Arts, Made On Earth |
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