NES Tribal
This NES is modded and tricked out – it looks like all the switches have been replaced, an IR remote and it has a new cooling system (might be cosmetic) – [via] – Link & translated.
art
Brass “Fireball” hanging wall sculpture
Bug writes – “Shortly after I moved into my new house I was thinking about artwork for my walls and all of a sudden I had a vision of a sort of Van Goghesque fireball made out of brass or bronze as a wall hanging. It’s been a long time coming and the piece has […]
Robotic Guinea pig
Robotdreams writes – Filip Verhaeghe, the publisher of the bnxt.com weblog, just posted a detailed article including photos and videos that documents how the popular GUPI, robot guinea pig was originally developed. Filip was one of the key developers on the project, and explains a lot of the design trade-offs and issues they encountered. He’s […]
Easter eggs dyed with onion skins and ferns
BigCoCo writes – “I followed the instructions given by wrique in this instructable using ferns and red onions. We also tried using iris petals, carrots, parsley, Japanese Kerria, Mahonia, and ice plants.” – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs – Link. HOW TO – Easter Eggs dyed with onion skins – Link. […]
The Linux infrared remote control (LIRC) project
Colin writes – “Linux Infrared Remote Control (LIRC) allows you to use inexpensive hardware to control your Linux PC with a TV remote control. Why would you want to control your PC with a TV remote control? A number of reasons are possible, the most obvious being MythTV, which I wrote about earlier for LJ.com. […]
RFID secured fire trampoline – “The High-Lighter”
Mikey writes – “What if you could control the intensity of a nearby fire while jumping on a trampoline? Sounds dangerous right? It might help if a RFID reader were included to require sign in by someone who knows how to deal with such a device. This project is a complete misuse of common backyard […]
Hackable, playable LED/pad music interface
Peter writes – “The Monome is a new music interface with LCD-backlit pads, a USB interface that transmits OSC and MIDI data to a computer, and — here’s the unusual part — open source, hackable firmware and software interface. Touch the pads, and you can use this as a step-sequencer and remix tool (as in […]
