Drill bike
This is an awesome drill powered kid’s bike! Thanks John! Link.
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Wiimote as “firefighting” robot
A “firefighting” robot which uses the Wiimote as the controller talking to a desktop Linux machine over Bluetooth. Wiimote controlled firefighting robot – Link Related: Wiimote as car accelerometer – Link Wii Loop Machine – Wiimote Beats – Link Wiimote controlled robot arm – Link
ICE: Clothing Swap and Crafty Raffle in Atlanta Sunday, September 9
The Indie Craft Experience is having a fall fundraiser with their Clothing Swap and Crafty Raffle happening this Sunday September 9th from 1-5pm at Youngblood gallery in Atlanta. 5$ bags to fill with clothes! 2$ raffle tickets! Fun snacks and drinks! Christy and Shannon write: We are organizing this event on the fly so we […]
The Matrix goggles
Russian artists made these goggles that filter the image so it looks like you’re in the Matrix, neat (watch the video for more)… – Link.
HOW TO – Make Your Own Preserves
Chow.com shows you the art of making your own preserves with the last of this summer’s best produce. [ via] Link.
NSA@home – distributed FPGA MD5 cracker
Here’s something fun to do with HD-video electronics… – NSA@home is a fast FPGA-based SHA-1 and MD5 bruteforce cracker. It is capable of searching the full 8-character keyspace (from a 64-character set) in about a day in the current configuration for 800 hashes concurrently. The cracker is built out of surplus Grass Valley HD video […]
Craft Sale to Benefit 35W Bridge Victims in Minneapolis this Thursday, September 6
Barb suggests we check out “A Stitch in Time Saves” craft sale which benefits the 35W bridge victims in Minneapolis this Thursday at Grumpy’s Downtown (1111 Washington Ave S.) from 6pm-10pm. For more information, visit the Crafty Planet site. Link.