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Firs it was " The Manga Guide to Statistics " then it was " The Manga Guide to Electricity " ...and now, Lisp Manga . Lisp (or LISP) is a family of computer programming languages with a long history and a distinctive, fully parenthesized syntax. Originally specified in 1958, Lisp is the second-oldest high-level programming language in widespread use today; only Fortran is older....
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Peter, from Rossum's Posterous, asks the musical question: Can you make an iPhone out of an AVR? No. Can you get a surprising amout of functionality out of a humble 8-bit processor and a cheap touch LCD? Yes. AVR homebrew device with iPhone aspirations [via Peter Horvath's Twitter feed ] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!
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Cigar boxes are great containers for loads of things. I had a bunch on hand after going to the local wine shops and asking for donated cigar boxes. Inspired by the Rock and Roll Speakers project in Fashioning Technology , it seemed like a good idea to have my students build their own music player embedded in a cigar box. This is a major project, taking several weeks, though it probably could be done...
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The 'bike tree', an automatic storage system for cycles, can hold up to 6,000 bikes... watch the video! . David Munk @ THe Guardian.co.uk writes - It's not often something stops you in your bike tracks. But a spectacular "bike tree" invention from Japan bowled me over when I was in Tokyo a couple of weeks ago. Fed up with bicycles locked to railings, piled on top of each other, blocking...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
One problem with making lots of neat projects is that you need a place to display them. And, where could be better than on a table that you built yourself? A nice place to start might be this tutorial on building a folding table , by the folks at HandymanWire. I like their design because it can be made from a single piece of wood, and because it can be folded for storage or easy transportation. [via...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Yesterday afternoon I arrived home to see a box on the doorstep. The return address was from the Maker Shed . That could only mean one thing: The Chumby has landed! My daughter had to draw first blood on the package. We cracked the box and checked out the stuff inside. After going to the hypnotist show to benefit the school drama department and doing strange things on stage, I felt refreshed and motivated...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Brainwave sofa by Unfold & Lucas Maassen... modeled on your brainwaves! via BB . The design of the Brainwave Sofa is driven by a brain scan. Brain wave activities are being recorded by an electroencephalograph by placing electrodes on the bare skin on the head. Via BioExplorer, a computer program that records biophysical data, processes and visualises it, a three dimensional waved landscape is...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
A demo on how to create an 11-piece MIDI drum kit using Rock Band and Guitar Hero drum sets together. It includes velocity-sensitive triggers and a high-hat open/close pedal. Create a full MIDI Drumset with Guitar Hero and Rock Band Drums Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Music | Digg this!
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Gorgeous! ... and likely a future ad campaign for Staples or OfficeMax... Steven Nicholson is a 2yr student at Plymouth university in the United Kingdom studying Graphic communications with typography. And apparently he is a genius with a hole punch? Check out this self portrait using 10 different sized single hole punches on a a1 piece of paper that he just sent over. Read more | Permalink | Comments...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Here's an interesting take on a coil gun, by Russian YouTube user fuckertrezv. Not content to simply make a high-power electromagnetic device, he designed his to be portable and run on batteries. Once charged, he claims it is capable of accelerating metal rings to over 200 meters per second. It looks well-built, however no instructions are provided. [via hacked gadgets ] Read more | Permalink | Comments...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
We had a great contest this year, with tons of awesome projects, and frankly we had a heckuva time picking winners. But the votes are all in now, and with the scores finally tabulated, I am pleased to announced the winners of the Make: Halloween Contest 2009 . The envelope please.... Third runner-up: Everett Bradford's "Prometheus Device" Everett has won an F1 Evaluation Platform (valued...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Craig Smith sent us these pics and note: My telescope is low end in the scope-world, a 60mm refractor. But I discovered the eyepiece is the same size as my digital camera telephoto lens. My digital camera is low end in the camera world, too, a 3.2MP. But put them together with a custom PVC sleeve aligning lens-to-eyepiece, and I'm getting awesome moon shots. Here is the moon on 11/5/09. I added a...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It's not April 1st, so I'm going to guess it's real. The patented 18 button OpenOffice mouse - In partnership with the OpenOffice.org community, WarMouse announced the release of the OpenOfficeMouse, the first multi-button application mouse designed for the world's leading open-source office productivity suite. With a revolutionary and patented design featuring 18 buttons, an analog joystick, and...
MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Martian landscapes - The Big Picture @ Boston.com via Waxy . Since 2006, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has been orbiting Mars, currently circling approximately 300 km (187 mi) above the Martian surface. On board the MRO is HiRISE, the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, which has been photographing the planet for several years now at resolutions as fine as mere inches per...
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