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This is an older project from MIT, but I think it is still very relevant. Robotic F.A.C.E. or “Facial Alerting in a Communication Environment” is an interesting project that tried to relay human emotion via a simple, and cheap, toy. You may not be able to get this exact toy anymore, but there are plenty […]
I know there are people out there that are going to upgrade to the new iPhone once it’s released. The real question is, what to do with your old iPhone? Well, maybe you should make a robot? Or maybe you should just sell it on Craigslist? Read more about the iPhone & LEGO Robot
YouTube now has on-video annotations for content creators — so this means if you own the video you can add notes, comments and hot spot areas to click to enhance a video (not URLs, just links to other YouTube videos). This could be very handy for electronic how-tos and “skill building” videos, from identifying parts […]
Eagle users, in case you haven’t heard: Cadsoft released version 5 of their popular PCB layout software – and with it a lot of very welcome changes. To name just a few – When clicking with the right mouse button on an object in an editor window, a context specific popup menu is now displayed […]
This PC mod turns your average desktop computer into the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier. This maker uses a mini-ITX motherboard for the design. The construction took close to four months to complete, but as you can see, the detail work was well worth the time involved. Lots more pics at the link below. [USS Enterprise […]
Justin Frankel of Winamp fame has been working on REAPER a $50 alternative to Pro Tools… Anyone use this? REAPER is reasonably priced Windows software for multitrack audio production. REAPER requires no dongle, has no copy protection, and can be evaluated with full functionality. Learn more about REAPER
The Beatmachine software uses video input to create sample playback sequences. Looks like you can use pretty much any contrasting objects around 1/2″ in diameter as markers against a grid divided up via software settings – quite sweet. Check out the translated site for the Windows download – Beatmachine
