Here are 10 really interesting (and weird) keyboards, their top pick is my favorite – “The keyboard is hidden inside a decorative, washable tablecloth. The electronic is woven into a fabric, which finds itself between layers of water resistant felt as sandwich material. The soft felt surface makes it a pleasure for fingers to tip […]
SparkFun just hit us with an AWESOME Roomba hack & how to! – “The RooTilt is just an amalgamation of toys here at Spark Fun Electronics. We took a Bluetooth wireless accelerometer, tweaked the firmware a bit, and combined it with the RoboDynamics RooTooth wireless link for the Roomba. Now you can literally drive your […]
Cape and Ray write – “LED fans are an easy way to add color to your rig, but mine are missing something crucial, a light switch. I’ve got four 120mm blue light up fans and they move some serious air. Their LEDs are pretty bright and have no problem illuminating my room a fair amount. […]
Graffiti Research labs – getting your name up in lights – “The night writer extends the functionality of LED throwies by allowing a writer to catch a tag in lights. It’s cheap, easy to make and writes 12-inch glowing letters 25-feet in the air on any iron or steel surface…if you stand on a turned […]
It has begun. The WiFi robot bunny invasion. Toms Bunny writes in with more projects for the WiFi bunny – “My nabaztag dev site, I’ve created a gAIM plugin for the nabaztag and a UK lottery notifier (with some cunning crontab entries and PHP scripts)” – Link. Then head over to Ben Hammersley’s blog for […]
What can you do with 3 billion pounds of waste chicken feathers? Make circuit boards – “The low-down on feathers. A micrograph of feathers shows hollow keratin fibers, a light, tough material. These fibers are combined with a soy-based epoxy to make printed circuit boards that are not only recyclable but also faster than conventional […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member TommyBear turned a $5 Staples Easy Button into a switch for his garage door. Here’s how you do it, easy! – Link. Previous: Circuit Bending is Easy – Link.
