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June 5, 2007
Win a Sherline lathe @ SmartFlix
Travis writes in -
I founded SmartFlix after I purchased a Sherline metalworking lathe and then realized that I didn't know what to do with it (so I ended up buying a bunch of metalworking videos...).Win a Sherline lathe! @ SmartFlix.com - Link.Now, SmartFlix is giving away a brand shiny new Sherline 4000 lathe.
Basically, every time you rent a metalworking video between now and June 15th, you get an entry in the drawing.
It's a sweet little lathe, and I'm looking forward to sending one out into the world.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 5, 2007 03:00 AM
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Solar Prius kit
These kits from SEV (Solar Electric Vehicles) can boost your fuel efficiency from 17 to 29%... -
The major automobile manufacturers are producing hybrid automobiles, which are part electric and part gasoline powered. Could these automobiles take another step and obtain some of their fuel from the sun?Solar Electrical Vehicles - Articles - [via] Link.Solar Electrical Vehicles has developed a prototype PV Prius to help answer that question. The PV Prius is fitted with a custom molded fiberglass photovoltaic module as shown in Figure 1. Solar Electrical Vehicles has applied for a patent on the PV Prius solar system.
The photovoltaic module is rated at 215 watts at AM 1.5. The module is connected to a DC-DC converter and peak power tracker. The output of the converter is directly connected to the primary motive NiMh battery.
The daily power production available for charging the Prius primary motive battery is estimated to be between 850 and 1,300 watt-hours. The car uses 150-175 watt-hours per mile. Thus, the expected range per day that the PV Prius would have on solar power alone would be between 5 and 8 miles. Based upon a nominal daily trip length of 28 miles the gasoline consumption of the PV Prius would be reduced by 17% to 29%.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 5, 2007 02:00 AM
Green, Kits, Transportation |
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SimpleTEXT @ Eyebeam - June 5th!
Jonah writes -
Tim Redfern and I are performing our collaborative project, "SimpleTEXT" on June 5th (Tomorrow Nite!!) during the Upgrade New York at Eyebeam! I'll be giving a talk about my work at 7:30pm then the show will start at 8pm. It's FREE and we are expecting a full house so come early for a seat and bring your phones and/or laptops to participate!SimpleTEXT: a cellphone enabled performance - Link.
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Jun 5, 2007 01:00 AM
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Export video from your set-top box to your Mac
Brian @ Hackszine writes -
Ever since I got my first set-top box at the end of last year, I've been itching to connect its FireWire port to my Mac. My friend Emilie called today to alert me to a CBS Sunday Morning report on Maker Faire, which I managed to record, and that gave me the push I needed to figure this all out.There are a few sets of instructions out there on how to do this, but in a nutshell, you connect your Mac to the set-top box, load up a program that can record directly from FireWire set-top boxes (unfortunately, iMovie won't cut it), and do whatever editing you need to the video once you've brought it in.
I found that Ammesset Software's iRecord did the trick perfectly: I checked its preferences to make sure that my Motorola DCT-6412 was detected, told my set-top box to start playing back the video I had recorded, and selected New Immediate Event from iRecord's File menu. When it was done, I selected Stop Event from File menu.
This left me with a .m2t file that I didn't know what to do with at first. Squared 5's MPEG Streamclip is a free program that can open and convert all kinds of streams. Using MPEG Streamclip, I was able to trim the clip and export it to one of the many supported codecs.
Resources
- iRecord - Link
- MPEG Streamclip - Link
- What to do if iRecord's events get stuck in pending mode - Link
- macteens: Make your own Home Theatre Mac (HTMac) - Link
- AnandTech: The Mac mini as a Media Computer - Link
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 5, 2007 12:00 AM
Home Entertainment |
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June 4, 2007
Motion Binding illusion
This is pretty interesting, follow the link and watch the motion of the blue lines, then turn on the occluders..
Technically the mechanism at work here is known as "motion binding". When the edges of the diamond are covered by occluders with the same colour as the background (here, white) there is no information on the vertices of the square. Now the ends of the line become a property of the line and there is insufficient information to detect the circular movement.Motion Binding illusion - [via] Link.The reappearance of the diamond (with occluders invisible) on eccentric viewing is probably caused by blurring the distracting line ends.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 10:00 PM
Science |
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LEGO refrigerator magnets
Simple and easy LEGO fridge magnets, build on top of them for wonderful horizontal LEGO creations! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 08:00 PM
DIY Projects, Instructables, LEGO |
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Build Your Own PVC Johnboat
Zmatt writes -
Inspired by the PVC KAYAK, I thought I could build one up making it differently with a simple design that I have used previously in a small 1.5 foot boat which I built out of Plexiglas. I also plan on attaching a trolling motor with 34lbs or thrust to the rear of the boat. I ended up with a 55lbs thrust motor for not much more than a 34lb. Another thing that I wanted to make better was adding a good surface to the bottom of the entire boat. (To make a good fishing platform) I looked at a hard foam that seemed to be very sturdy, and I have also thought of using a very thin piece of plywood or both.instructables : Build Your Own PVC Johnboat for minimal cost and time - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 06:00 PM
DIY Projects, Instructables, Transportation |
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Learn about microcontrollers at TechShop
Our pals @ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories are doing some fun classes at the TechShop (Bay Area) starting this weekend... -
Coming up real soon now: Three microcontroller-oriented classes, on Saturday afternoons at TechShop, at different levels of skill and with different emphases:
- Sat. June 9, 1:00 PM: Make a Micro Readerboard
- Sat. June 16, 1:00 PM: Introduction to AVR Microcontrollers
- Sat. July 7, 1:00 PM: Choosing a Microcontroller
The classes are held at TechShop, a San Francisco Bay Area "open-access public workshop," located just off of 101 in Menlo Park, where you can go use a wide range of tools to make things, and take all kinds of classes.Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Learn about microcontrollers at TechShop - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 04:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Events |
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"Manhattan Style" circuit building
Sam writes -
Check this out, if you hadn't heard of it already - "Manhattan Style" circuit building technique. I found it off of opencircuits.com. You have to scroll down a bit to get to the pictures, but the circuits are really beautiful. It really makes me want to consider aesthetics a little more the next time I need to throw something together. P.S. Issue # 10 RAWKS!Main Page - Open Circuits - Link & PDF.
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Jun 4, 2007 02:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Japanese Bicycle History Research Club
If you're in to old bikes check out the Japanese Bicycle History Research Club & the intro essay History of the ordinary in Japan by Yukio Ootsu -
Documented information on high wheel bicycles in Japan is extremely scarce. It is quite incomplete and seems quite impossible to prove when the first ordinary appeared in Japan. However it is my life long plan and desire to find out the record. Here are my reports of discoveries at the time being.Japanese Bicycle History Research Club - [via] Link & gallery.Few undated photographs of high wheelers show a proud Japanese participation in the high wheel bicycle era. Actual examples of these bicycles that exist in Japanese museums and a few private collections show a history of both import and domestic blacksmith shop production. The early Ordinaries produced by Japanese blacksmiths locally are apparently at the same step with the world trend of the 1880's.You can tell it form early woodblock prints.
Judging from the information with dates, one can conclude that the high wheel period in Japan had a span of a decade from 1885 to 1895.
Further information may be discovered by bicycle historians of the other parts of the world. It may come, for example, in the form of an old invoice from London, or, San Francisco showing the shipment of an ordinary to Japan. It may say in a ship's cargo manifest. Other sources like export and customs documents from the West could easily help pinpoint date of early high wheel shipments to Japan. These, along with many other documented materials could help significantly to my search.
I appreciate my inclusion in this community of bicycle historians' from all over the world, and, look forward to achieve one unity Bicycle history system some day.
It shall benefit all of us.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 12:00 PM
Bicycles, Retro |
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Squeak - Open source Smalltalk programming
Squeak is open source version of Smalltalk and looks like a fun way to make games, edu apps and more... -
Squeak is a modern, open source full-featured implementation of the powerful Smalltalk programming language and environment. Squeak is highly-portable - even its virtual machine is written entirely in Smalltalk making it easy to debug, analyze, and change. Squeak is the vehicle for a wide range of projects from multimedia applications, educational platforms to commercial web application development.Squeak: Squeak - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 11:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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Iron Gadget: Palm Foleo vs. DIY Palm Pilot notebook
Here's a fun comparison on Gizmodo of Palm's new Foleo (a smartphone "companion") and a DIY version from MAKE, a Palm Pilot Notebook! - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
Palm Pilot Notebook. Modified hardback book contains extra-powered PDA and travel keyboard. MAKE 07 - Page 138. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition or get MAKE 07 @ the Maker store now! - Link.
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Jun 4, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Gadgets, Mobile |
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HOW TO - Build a $200 plastic heat strip on the cheap
Here's how to build a $200 plastic heat strip on the cheap, this goes perfectly well with our ABS plastic article in MAKE 10!... - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
Plastic Fantastic Desk Set. MAKE 10 page 100. Saw, drill, and bend your own objects made of ABS plastic. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition or subscribe to MAKE (use the code CMAKE and get another $5 off USD) - Link.
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Jun 4, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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Bicycle Forest
After watching this video about a Rhoades Car, I checked out the couch bike, hulabike, treadmill bike, and other projects from the Bicycle Forest blog. It's worth a gander if you're into bikes! While you're there, check out the bikeCAD software for making your own bike to your specs! - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Jun 4, 2007 08:42 AM
Bicycles |
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Hacking a Digg button with a removable interface cable
Here's a neat hack for folks who have the Digg button (beginner electronics kit that mimics the Digg site, I worked on the kit)... Bobber writes -
The Digg Button from adafruit industries www.adafruit.com is a very simple DIY electronics kit suitable for beginners. It consists of a microprocessor, a 3-digit display, a button and some available i/o pins.Hacking a Digg button with a removable interface cable - Link.As it comes from adafruit, it's a counter that displays the number of times it's button has been pressed. The open i/o lines can be connected with jumpers (small pieces of wire) to produce a couple of different behaviors.
But, with a simple parallel interface connecting it to a computer, it can be a sturdy platform for experimenting with microprocessor programming.
The site, www.ladyada.net, which has all the instructions and support forums for adafruit products, has instructions for some simple software hacks based on ponyprog 2000, a program for communicating with the microprocessor. The site also describes how to make a simple parallel port connector to connect the Digg Button to your computer. The description is very straight forward, but it requires soldering the connector to the Digg Button. This is not conducive to hacking your button then displaying your warez.
SO, since I like showing off what I do, I designed a simple clip-on connector that allows me to easily connect and disconnect my Digg Button for hacking. I also created a modded version of the Button firmware, which I'm calling diggX, that can be uploaded using this cable and can itself be hacked using ponyprog 2000.
Related:
Digg kit - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Instructables |
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The Nautilus - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea inspired SteamPunk guitar
Jeff writes -
You had covered the last "SteamPunk" Guitar I had built back in April called the "Villanizer" [Here's] our latest build called the "Nautilus", another more extensive SteamPunk Guitar.The Nautilus - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea inspired SteamPunk guitar - Link.The Nautilus was inspired by the film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, but certainly doesn't aspire to look like a submarine. Starting life as a new Dean ML model, the Nautilus was fitted with a lexan border and feathered on the outer edge to give it the iron girder look. Our popular steampunk gear assembly with thick framework and a custom brass turned toggle switch decks out the upper wing.
An apparatus of scrollwork built from lexan, wood and steel adorn the "V" area of the guitar which sports a Nautilus submarine inspired porthole window complete with the classic domed steel cross. Inside is an inlaid blue plasma lightning dish where electrical effects jolt around from the center, either continuously or sound activated. The entire section is strutted with oak for a solid build. Brass and copper piping/fittings and custom wood scrollwork complete the structure.
Related:
The Villanizer custom guitar - Link.
A Clockwork guitar - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 4, 2007 07:00 AM
Arts, Music, Retro |
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The Bamboo bicycle trailer & DIY bicycle trailers
Here's DIY bamboo bicycle trailer you can email for the free plans... -
MaterialsThe Bamboo bicycle trailer - Link.
You'll need eight lengths of material capable of withstanding bending and compression, tubing or angle iron are ideal. You also need eight "spokes" that are good at taking tension. These could be wire, chain, or steel strip. Exoticists could use Titanium tubes and Kevlar rope. Two wheels from a donor bike are also needed.Basic Layout
Seven tubes are pinned or bound together where they cross to create the basic frame shape that looks like a 6. This structure can distort like a parallelogram, or warp like a sheet of paper.The Revolutionary Bit
With the addition of the eight spokes and the last tube this floppy structure transforms into a stiff light structure reminiscent of a square bicycle wheel. Imagine the square load area as the rim of a wheel, with 8 spokes connecting from its corners to a central hub. Truing these controls how square and flat the trailer frame is. The arrangement can be dished to make it flatter on the load side than the underside. Four spokes stops the structure from parallelograming while the addition of another four and the hub stops the frame warping. The top set of spokes could be replaced by a plywood/metal sheet, that forms a load bed.
Related:
Temporary bicycle trailer - Link.
Collapsible bike trailer has comfortable bunk for camper - Link.
Make a $30 bicycle cargo trailer--200 lb capacity - Link.
Homebuilt bicycle trailer - Link.
Conduit bike trailer - Link.
Homemade bike trailer - Link.
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Jun 4, 2007 06:00 AM
Bicycles, DIY Projects, Transportation |
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Maker Faire on CBS's Sunday Morning
One of my favorite shows of all time is CBS's Sunday Morning, more so today - Here's the transcript and video they put together from Maker Faire, it's fantastic!
(CBS) At the annual Maker Faire just outside San Francisco, the rockets soar, the robots roar, and the Radio Flyer wagons have 300 horsepower under the hood. Dale Dougherty, the publisher of Make magazine, created the faire and he says it's the next new thing.Tech Geeks Shine At Maker Faire, It's There Where Inventors Strut Their Stuff, Be It Robots, Rockets Or Cupcake Cars - CBS News - Link & video (90MB MP4)."This is kind of like a world's fair by and for the people," he told CBS News technology correspondent Daniel Sieberg. "It's not like institutions. It's not companies bringing stuff. It's really individuals just saying, "Here's what I do."
The Maker Faire invites people to experience the work of artists, inventors, tinkerers and hackers from all over the country -- people who don't just think out of the box, the things they think up never came in a box. Just about everything here is completely, lovingly home-made, like Lindsey Lawlor's lumbering, life-size electric giraffe, Russell.
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Jun 4, 2007 05:00 AM
Maker Faire |
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Drain pipe hotel
I know a few people who live in cargo containers, so this might be the next thing - dasparkhotel / "Andi Strauss´ place" in near the Danube River in Ottensheim, Austria and made from large drain pipes - looks comfy! - [via] Link.
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Jun 4, 2007 04:00 AM
MAKE Playlist, Made On Earth |
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Credit card cutlery
The Cooper Hewitt sells these little utensils from design Ineke Hans made from the shape of a credit card that you store in your wallet when not in use, might be a fun (re)make too... - [via] Link.
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Jun 4, 2007 03:00 AM
Arts |
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