iPhone 3G antenna test
This is cool, someone did some real testing on the iPhone 3g vs Sony and Nokia phones… via DF.
Computers & Mobile
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PC mod uses an old CD spindle for coolant
This PC case mod uses an old CD spindle attached to the fan to help circulate air around it. [Editor’s note – I think Jonah goofed up on this post folks, sorry about that… The original site seemed to have taken Inventgeek’s image, so — this is the correct link now Inventgeek – please check […]
There are many young engineers… we can’t wait until they grow up…
A couple fun “maker” commercials from Norway’s Hydro “There are many young engineers… we can’t wait until they grow up…” – thanks Dan! I was talking to a friend of mine and he said that many of the mechanical engineering companies, Boeing for example, have engineers that are all over 65 – they’ll be gone […]
Emily is not real.
Take a stroll through the uncanny valley with Emily, an impressive example of how far facial animation has progressed – Previous methods for animating faces have involved putting dots on a face and observing the way the dots move, but Image Metrics analyses facial movements at the level of individual pixels in a video, meaning […]
Twittering Doorbell
This is the perfect project for all those people who love Twitter. As if sending Tweets about every aspect of your life wasn’t enough, now your house can join the fun. It looks like a fairly easy project to implement, and a lot of fun too! You could adapt this project to Tweet almost anything. […]
HOW TO – Mirror finishes
This tutorial is meant for computer cases, but could be applied to lots of things. Learn to get a mirror finish from the mnpctech website. Via Core77.
Project tracks its progress and location as it interacts
The “FOLKESTRONOMY” project consists of a mobile mapping device that connects to the Internet to update a map in realtime as participants interact with the project. The build consists of an Arduino connected to a GPS device that reads the coordinates and relays them to available wireless networks. This project is more complicated than this […]
