France based CrowdSpirit is in beta mode, you can put your ideas for electronics/gadget and they can be voted on or developed. If it gets developed you can also get a share of the revenue. Interesting idea, not sure how/if it will work out – I wonder what the first product will be from this […]
View Larger Map… You can now embed a Google map in a page, just like a video (Youtube, etc)… For all our Burner friends, have a great time next week, welcome home and here’s a map from last year! – [via] Link.
This one is for all the folks in the MAKE Flickr photo group, Flickr has a new upload screen, a lot better, with batch operations too! – Link.
editors note: it looks like Big Blue Saw eventually went out of business, their site now links to Xometry. Here’s a demonstration video from Big Blue Saw that takes you through the process creating a part with the Big Blue Saw Designer, from creating simple shapes and ordering, to a look at the final part […]
If you make your own electronics it’s a pain to figure out which PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturer has the lowest price based on size and other factors, sooo… here’s an great javascript PCB cost calculator – [via] Link.
Here’s a fun visualization of email as microbes by Carolin Horn – Anymails is a visualization of my received emails. I have investigated how I can use natural metaphors to visualize my inbox, its structure and attributes. The metaphor of microbes is used. My objective is to offer the user another experience of his email […]
Huh, Alcatel-Lucent has a ton of great videos on their site — Lightwave Communications Watch the first lightwave communications system take shape at Bell Labs. Charge Coupled Device Learn about the development of the charge-coupled device (CCD) at Bell Labs. UNIX Watch Bell Labs’ Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie talk about the birth of UNIX. […]
