Technology

DIY Devices

DIY Devices

Spoon writes – “Here’s a selection of DIY science devices covering a wide range of intests. The devices are aimed to help give a practical understanding of the science discussed on the main site.” Link. Pictured here – Tesla coil & plasma energy resonance.

Read resistors with Resistulator

Read resistors with Resistulator

Simon writes – “You might be intersted in this OSX Dashboard Widget by Nicholas Zambetti Resistulator. It calculates the value of a resistor from the sequence of colored bands painted on the resistor. It also displays the corresponding color sequence when a resistor value is entered.” Link. Previously: HOW TO – Read color coded resistors […]

Use your feet to control your computer

Use your feet to control your computer

Dance Dance those emails away – “This is just one off-the-shelf piece of hardware we can use,” A.J. Brush, the lead researcher on the project, said after demonstrating the technology. “Now we’re looking at broadening, thinking about accelerometers or other things you could strap onto your feet so you really could be just sitting at […]