This German hacker created a desktop VR rig with 6DOF (degrees of freedom) tracking, using two Wiimotes and a stereo monitor. I like when he put the glasses on and then says: “Don’t laugh. This is serious cutting-edge technology.” (I laughed anyway.) Three of the four LEDs are aligned in a line with only slightly […]
Jake von Slatt sent us a link to this nifty “legendary” automotive tip for removing old bearing races from an aluminum axle hub. There’s no way of knocking or prying them out. But if you weld a bead around the inside of the race, when the weld cools, it’ll shrink enough that it’ll come away […]
Paul Lamere, of the Music Machinery blog, has a most excellent post investigating the detectability of drummers who use a click track: I’ve always been curious about which drummers use a click track and which don’t, so I thought it might be fun to try to build a click track detector using the Echo Nest […]
ThinkGeek and Instructables are running a contest: use any ThinkGeek product to create something wondrous, publish it on Instructables, and enter to win a $250 ThinkGeek gift certificate for the best mod. Two first prize winners will each win a $50 gift certificate and an Instructables Robot t-shirt. Runners-up will win an Instructables t-shirt. Deadline […]
Check out the Doomsday Sound Kit from the Maker Shed. It’s a really cool sound generator based on circuit bending a toy. It’s easy to build and a lot of fun to play. I haven’t made a video yet, but there is one posted in the Maker Shed. A noise generator that operates entirely on […]
My friend Tom O’Neill got to hacking yesterday and created an uber-useful Twitter tool called HashTweeps. The idea is that you enter a hash tag, and HashTweeps will dig through Twitter’s search results and return a concise list of all the Twitter users who have tweeted with that tag. It’s a handy way to track […]
I guess I really should salvage my old VCR. There are some useful components in there! (Via Why, That’s Delightful!)
