A magician friend of mine occasionally asks me to build tricks for him. I’m flattered and find this to be incredibly cool, especially after Michael Caine’s portrayal of the magician’s engineer (pronounced all French and awesome) in the movie The Prestige. This time he wants a remote controlled ventriloquist’s jaw mask to deploy on unlucky […]
Best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a keychain that turns off TVs in public places, Mitch Altman is interested in any technology that gives people more choices for improving their lives. You don’t have to be a Buddhist monk to meditate, or a Sleeping Beauty to sleep well. Achieve these altered states of consciousness, and others, […]
Laser cut jewelry – Floppy disk ring via the CRAFT pool.
Here’s a simple project for making a flashlight that sits on top of a 9-volt battery. Less expensive than a flashlight, and quite small and convenient! One LED is best used on top of two AA batteries, but throw a few more LEDs in series and you’re in business.
Classes from SparkFun & tutorials… For awhile now, we’ve been offering classes on various topics to friends and family of SparkFun. We are now opening them up to the public! Our first class is December 3rd, 2008 at the SparkFun office and will cover surface mount soldering. This is the first of growing offerings in […]
I was all impressed with Dorkbot Austin having held 18 Dorkbots, and I find out San Francisco’s up to number 40! dorkbotSF #40! when: nov 25 7:30pm where: retox lounge: 628 20th @ 3rd, SF ca (basically dogpatch) speakers: Laura Mappin – laser cutting Trademark G – touchscreen video controller for live mashup I’ll bring […]
Here is another great idea form James Li. This time he used some scrap cardboard and an old case fan to make a laptop cooler. Let’s just hope his laptop does get too hot, cardboard ignites easily. My laptop needs to be slightly elevated to cool it down, so here is a laptop cooler (unfortunately, […]
