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Sarc had a tibook with a broken LCD, so he removed it and uses an external monitor. From the MacNN forum post : Since I operate the computer on "closed-lid" mode, I was having trouble keeping the LCD closed because it didn't allow the heat to dissipate, so the fans where running constantly ... I removed it. After it was gone, the computer would still think that it had an LCD attached. After a lot...
Levelhead by Julian Oliver is an "augmented-reality spatial-memory game" using semacode imprinted cubes as player interface - levelHead uses a hand-held solid-plastic cube as its only interface. On-screen it appears each face of the cube contains a little room, each of which are logically connected by doors. In one of these rooms is a character. By tilting the cube the player directs this character...
Seed Magazine posted an interesting photo series documenting scientific laboratories after dark. Describing the top photo above - Much of the fundamental knowledge that underpins our search for extraterrestrial life and supports our understanding of our solar system's history and evolution emerges from this small room in Theodor Kostiuk's laboratory. On the rightmost table, infrared light from a powerful...
I've been enjoying Joel Johnson's fawning fanboy coverage of Syd Mead on Boing Boing Gadgets. Hey, I'd fawn, too. I'm a huge fan of Mead's and even thought about becoming a conceptual or industrial designer on his inspiration. In this episode of BBtv, Joel talks with Mead about the awesome one-of-a-kind Spinner police vehicle from Bladerunner that the folks at LEGO did as a present to Syd. Blade Runner...
The Delft University of Technology has shrunk their robotic ornithopter design down to a very impressive 10cm - that's almost 1/3 the size of their previous design . Specs for the Delfly Micro - Size: 10 cm, from wingtip to wingtip Weight: 3.07 gram; Battery: 1 gram Camera and transmitter: 0.4 gram; Engine: 0.45 gram; Receiver: 0.2 gram; Actuators: 0.5 gram; Rest: about 0.52 grams. Battery: 30 mah...
Here's an Instructable and video on Furoshiki, the Japanese art of cloth-folding to make various bags, carry-alls, and sacks. Paper, Plastic, or Furoshiki? Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Toolbox | Digg this!
Nice review of The Maker's Notebook on Duffbert's Random Musings: Ok... this might be the most unusual book review I've ever done. I'm about to review a book consisting of... blank pages. Ah, but what blank pages they are! :) It's the Maker's Notebook by O'Reilly Publishing and the staff at MAKE magazine. I was given this as a gift from a friend, and I don't think she could have given me something...
The Hexayurt Project looks great, tons of info and more on the site... The Hexayurt is a prize-winning shelter you can build yourself for about $200 (backup link). Suitable raw materials include common building materials ( fire safe insulation boards,) hexacomb cardboard and plastic. You cut six 4' x 8' panels in half diagonally to make the roof, and use six more whole panels to form the walls. It...
James writes in - This pretty cool: a modular nixie driver kits that let you gang up a whole bunch of nixies in a row. The site has a really beautifully illustrated assembly guide too, A+ on the documentation. I'm thinking this would be perfect for a nixie clock or a giant, mile long display of those cool orange nixie numerals. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects...
Big Blue Saw has a free part day coming up on August 6th, I'll put a post up again on the 6th, for now here are some details... Big Blue Saw, a leading online retailer of machining services, announces the first Free Part Day, allowing everyone to receive a custom machined metal or plastic part of their own design. On Free Part Day, August 6, 2008, customers across the Internet will be able to design...
This maker was fed up with the amount of noise his PC's internal fans were making so he built a mod to control their speed with an automotive rheostat. Check out all of the intricate details on the link below. Using an Automotive Rheostat for Fan Control Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Computers | Digg this!
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool SanFran maker DocPop put his dollar to work as decoration - Several of the tables at this year’s Zinefest were offering “make your own buttons” services. The basic idea was that for one dollar, you could draw a little image and have it made into a little 1″ button. I did three water colored buttons before I remembered an old idea I’ve had about cutting up a dollar bill...
This hack shows how to modify the Xbox headset adaptor to illuminate the volume control knob with an LED. The idea behind this was that the maker seems to play Xbox in the dark a lot and needed a way to see the volume knob on his controller. He warns that this might void your warranty, which made us extra eager to post this to Make. Hacking the Xbox headset Adaptor : Illuminate the volume control...
Gregor writes - A group I'm in, the Columbus Society of Communication Professionals ( CSCArts.org ), just held a grown-up Pinewood Derby fundraiser for the American Red Cross. It's like the thing the Cub Scouts do every year, 'cept these cars are built by professional print, web, and environmental designers. And they're *really* cool. ChiaCar, Typemobile, SushiCruiser -- even an iPhone car. Thought...
This project details how this maker managed to listen to recordings his grandfather made from a 1940s electronic wire recorder. Lots of really interesting details on this hack at the link below. Wire Recorder Project Recovering Family Steel Wire Recording Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this!
