Alan writes – “Have an old hard drive that no longer works? As long as it still spins up chances are you could build a clock out of your old hard drive! You will need some electronic knowledge, some common electronic components and a bit of patience. The clock that is produced isn’t exactly practical […]
I’m not sure if you ride this PC, boot it up (or both) – [via] Link.
Jason Scott is digitizing a lot of old computer and tech ads from the 80’s – [via] Link. Background – Link.
I saw the NADA gang last week at Etech and I’m going to try and review this, it’s a fast and easy way to control devices with Flash and Java. Robust physical computing prototyping systems are appearing continuously. More than just Lego Mindstorms, the BASIC stamp and microcontrollers, physical computing prototyping kits are a lightweight […]
MAKE pal greg from DIY Live shows how to do macro photography with a disposable camera – [via] Link.
Now writes – “Create a magnifying loupe to inspect your soldering, look at your hangnail or really small bugs, or just get up close in your buddy’s ear and pretend you’re Dennis Quaid cruising around inside Martin Short!!” – Link.
This robot hitches a ride on people to get around – “The Parasitic Humanoid (PH) is a wearable robot for modeling nonverbal human behavior. This anthropomorphic robot senses the behavior of the wearer and has the internal models to learn the process of human sensory motor integration continuously, thereafter it begins to predict the next […]
