RSSArchives: June 2007
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June 27, 2007
DIY 3D signs
Here's a way to make 3D signs without a laser cutter Link.
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Jun 27, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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The "Problem light"
Patrick made a very cool "problem light"...
So, I'd decided a while back to build a problem light, after being inspired by someone else's genius. Think of a smoke alarm...but more general. So, as I began plotting my own problem light, in the Venture Bros style, my friend told me she was redoing her living room steampunk-style. I began to wonder, how do you do a late 1800s LED...and I ran to scribble a drawing. This was wrought from that. It may be the finest physical thing I have ever created.Problem Light (Steampunk edition) - Link.
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Jun 27, 2007 09:00 AM
Made On Earth |
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Open source community makes YouTube browsing on Neuros OSD
The Neuros OSD is a great linux based media player you can hack up to do all sorts of interesting things, the latest is a YouTube browser...
Neuros announced today that it’s releasing a beta version of a YouTube browser for its award-winning Neuros OSD. With this release, the device can now be used to easily browse and play the entire YouTube video collection on any TV, both standard and high definition. Functionality already in this release includes keyword searching and browsing by category and rating. Future releases will bring user interface improvements and added functionality such as sharing, subscriptions, and much more.YouTube on the TV with the OSD | OdNT - Link.This application was made possible by Neuros worldwide community of open source developers. These developers work closely with Neuros internal team, and their contributions are quickly incorporated into the company’s releases. “Everybody wins with open source”, said Neuros software chief, Michael Gao. “Our users benefit because our products are continuously improving and have built-in obsolescence protection; our developers get their efforts recognized and included in official releases; and, of course, we get to provide a really cool product and user experience.”
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Jun 27, 2007 08:00 AM
Gadgets, Home Entertainment, Online |
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Sphere's Nixie tubes
The Sphere Research Canadian test equipment site has tons of everything NIXIE for all your glowly projects needs and clock building... Link.
Related:
The most accurate nixie clock - ATOMIC! - Link.
IN14 Nixie clock kit - Link.
NIXIИ-1 - Nixie clock - Link.
Tiny Nixie clock - Link.
Ryan Brooks's 6502 Nixie clock - Link.
Single tube Nixie clock - Link.
Nixie tube - tube clock - Link.
A single-digit Nixie clock - Link.
Nixie clocks & kits for collectors and designers - Link.
Nixie clock gallery - Link.
More Nixie action - Link.
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Jun 27, 2007 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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DIY outdoors gear
...And here's the last of today's posts about DIY outdoors gear (thanks Dan)... Mirage has a page devoted to Do-It-Yourself gear projects, pictured here a 0.75oz Tyvek Stuff sack from a FedEx envelope... Link.
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Jun 27, 2007 06:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects |
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Sewing DIY outdoors gear
Here's another one for the outdoorsy type maker - tips, patterns and more for sewing DIY outdoors gear. Pictured here, make your own cycle jersey... - Link.
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Jun 27, 2007 05:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects |
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Downgrader for PSP v3.50 firmware
There hasn't been a lot to write about on the PSP homebrew and modding front for a bit, but this downgrader is pretty exciting. Now you can downgrade (which is like an upgrade) any PSP to play your own games and more...
This downgrader is for v3.50 firmware, and includes a port of the Homebrew ENabler (HEN) for firmware 3.50. It will automatically detect all known PSP motherboard types, and do the appropriate steps to ensure a safe downgrade.To use this downgrader, you will need the following:
- A PSP, upgraded to the official Sony v3.50 firmware. You should also set your language settings to "English".
- A legal Lumines UMD, either the EU (ULES00043) or US (ULUS10002) version. The original, Platinum, or Greatest Hits versions are all fine. Support for the Japanese version will come soon.
- Sufficient intelligence and english language skills to be able to carefully and throroughly read the instructions.
- It would also help if you've previously run the Illuminati Hello World, so that you're familiar with how to run the Illuminati exploit.
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Jun 27, 2007 03:00 AM
Gadgets, PSP |
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Cyborg interviews pilot during flight delays
Citizens might start wearing cameras to get better service, "watch the watchers" and use their cameras to document some of the travel nightmares we all seem to get trapped in to at times. David makes tiny cameras that mount on helmets for sports and he recently used one on a never-ending awful flight - go cyborgs!
For nearly four hours last Thursday night, Flight 5637, a 50-seat regional jet, was stuck on the ground by bad weather at Kennedy International Airport. The air-conditioning wasn't working, and no one seemed to have a clue about when the plane would take off...No Takeoff, but 2 Visits by the Police - Link.What was unusual was that one passenger on the flight, David Ollila, runs a company that makes video cameras the size of a roll of quarters for mountain bikers, skiers and other amateur athletes to attach to their helmets and capture their thrills. And Mr. Ollila had one of those little cameras with him.
He marched up to the plane's front, stood a few feet from the open cockpit door and interviewed the captain, demanding to know why something wasn't being done to get the passengers off the plane.
He got a few replies on camera. Then the police arrived. The passengers all filed off. The flight was canceled. Mr. Ollila said he was questioned inside the airport by the Port Authority police and a Transportation Security Administration officer. After a background check, "they determined I was not a threat," he said.
"People were crying; people were throwing up," he said. "The air-conditioning was not working. It was just becoming a mess."
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Jun 27, 2007 02:00 AM
Gadgets, News from the Future |
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SF Bay Area Makers invited to the TechShop Hands-on open house
Jim writes in with a cool event for Bay area makers...
TechShop invites all Bay Area Makers to the TechShop Hands-On Open House Friday June 29 and Saturday June 30 from 9 AM to 9 PM. You'll get a chance to experience some of the many the tools and machines that TechShop provides for its members.Just like TechShop did at the Maker Faire, TechShop will give everyone the opportunity to actually try out some of TechShop's many cool tools and machines with the guidance of TechShop staff. You'll be able to participate in hands-on sessions on the Epilog laser cutters, Bridgeport milling machines, MIG welders, CNC plasma cutter, and the FlashCut desktop CNC milling machine. You'll get to see first-hand how easy it is to use these machines for your own projects.
Tours of the TechShop facilities will be conducted throughout the day Friday and Saturday.
TechShop is an open workshop space that provides its members with access to many tools and machines, and a place that they can just hang out and work on their projects. TechShop also offers lots of short, inexpensive classes on all the tools and equipment to members and non-members.
The TechShop Hands-On Open House is free, and you don't need to sign up. Just come to TechShop any time between 9:00 AM and 9:00 PM Friday or Saturday.
- TechShop web site - Link.
- Hands-On Open House Information - Link.
- TechShop Live Class Catalog - Link.
Related:
TechShop featured in INC magazine "How to Launch a Cool, Profitable, Worth-All-The-Risk, Kick-Ass Start-Up (And Live To Brag About It)" - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 27, 2007 01:00 AM
Events |
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June 26, 2007
http://ducttapeserver
It's about time... A server completely made from duct tape, four rolls of gray Nashua duct tape, a quarter roll of translucent 3M duct tape. The fan guard is made from duct tape too... - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 26, 2007 06:00 PM
Computers, Made On Earth |
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The little engine that could
NY Times has a great article on makers who create tiny replica engines -
DOWNSIZING may be a chilling concept nearly everywhere, but not in the workshop of George Luhrs, a machinist in Shoreham, N.Y., with an affinity for the very small. Mr Luhrs has built a single-cylinder engine you could lose in a pocketful of nickels and dimes. The piston of Mr. Luhrs's itsy-bitsy engine rides in a cylinder whose bore is just 1/8-inch across. The engine's stroke -- the distance that the piston travels up and down inside the cylinder -- is only 5/32 of an inch. The spark plug? You could lay seven of them across the face of a dime and still see F.D.R. peeking through.Saying 'Small Block' and Really Meaning It - New York Times - [via] Link.
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Jun 26, 2007 04:00 PM
Made On Earth |
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LEMURplex classes - NYC
If you're in NYC the LEMURplex classes are starting up in July, the line up looks incredible!
- Pyrotronics: Pyrotechnics & Control for Artists
- Max Intensive: A Multifaceted Multimedia Approach
- Building MIDI Music & Video Controllers: Creating a Sensor Instrument with MidiTron
- Microcontroller Progamming for Artists: Introduction to the Arduino System
- Fun With Fiberglass: Basic Composite Fabrication
- Intro to Jitter: Video Processing in the Max/MSP/Jitter Environment
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Jun 26, 2007 02:00 PM
Electronics, Events |
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Atmel AVR ATmega8 video overlay project
Gary Dion's AVR based video overlay titler, source and schematics included... Nice work, thanks Goose! Link.
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Jun 26, 2007 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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ScienceHack videos
ScienceHack is a video search engine that has a nice chunk of science related videos, I poked around a bit and they did a pretty good job of finding some of the better ones from YouTube - The video here is a time lapse of radishes growing...
Time lapse sequence shot using a digital camera set to take a frame each 14 minutes 24 seconds. The time lapse spans 9 days. Two 90 watt compact floresecent lights where used for both the camera shooting light and the grow lights. The lights were set on a timer for 18 hours on and 6 off (for the health of the plants). The jump in the video is the 6 hour gap in the darkness. Amazing how fast the radishes grew.Science Videos Search Engine - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 26, 2007 11:00 AM
Science |
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Robothon - September 21 - 23 - Seattle
Branden writes -
Robothon is an annual event sponsored by the Seattle Robotics Society that is designed by and for hobby roboticists and Makers of all types. It is held every year at the Seattle Center, just north of Downtown. Robothon is completely free to everyone. Vendors will be on hand with Microcontrollers, BEAM robot kits, and other useful electronic parts. At this event, people from around the world come together to present new robotic technologies, share ideas, meet fellow robotic enthusiasts, show off their robotic creations, and compete in many robotic competitions and activities.Robothon - September 21 - 23 - Seattle - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jun 26, 2007 10:00 AM
Events, Robotics |
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Clock kit (and contest)
This is pretty interesting, a clock kit and a contest to mod up a case -
These kits have the display, breakout board with the "buttons" and the power supply (all the same features as our Gator and Alba clocks) All you need to do is make a cool case to house them in!! Think of this as a Skill Defining Kit, we will supply you with the parts and support, all you have to do is put the parts in your own pretty case!Furni's online shop - // DIY CLOCK PARTS KIT (SDK) - Link.
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Jun 26, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Kits |
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SickSack robot
Lars writes -
his article is about the robot: SickSack that Aske Olsson and I created for DTU RoboCup 2007, which is an annual competition for autonomous mobile robots held by Automation at the Technical University of Denmark.SickSack - Lars' Electric Endeavors - Link.
SickSack snake robotThe robot consists of nine cars connected with eight Futaba servos controlled by a microcontroller. All wheels are passive, the locomotion comes entirely from lateral undulation, which is wave movements in the plane similar to a snake.
Continue reading for the story behind the project, how we fared at the RoboCup competition with videos, and for details about the electronic hardware, mechanical construction and software.
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Jun 26, 2007 08:00 AM
Robotics |
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Pixecutor - run software on a Mattel JuiceBox
jasonharper writes -
This hack will allow user-written software to be run on a JuiceBox media player toy. It works by tricking the built-in picture viewer application to run code contained in a .JBP picture file that starts with a specific 8-byte sequence. Normal operation of the JuiceBox is not affected, other than the 1-out-of-18-quintillion chance of a real picture containing the trigger sequence.instructables : Pixecutor - run software on a Mattel JuiceBox - Link & you can now get a pre-programmed chip from the Maker - Link.
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Jun 26, 2007 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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DIY USB 5.25″ front panel
Azog writes -
We probably saved about $50, but spent about four hours. I don't know if you can measure it this way, but it's a helluva lot more satisfying to hack up your own case. Off-the-shelf case modding has become so mainstream, people don't even need to pick up a real tool, so there's a part of me that enjoyed seeing sparks fly while using the Dremel to make this thing fit our own vision.Silent Q » Blog Archive » DIY USB 5.25″ front panel - Link.
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Jun 26, 2007 06:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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Junk yard yields parts for odd organ
Here's a wonderful junkyard organ from Popular Science 1939 -
Discarded bottles, an old vacuum-cleaner motor, sections of inner tubing, and other objects salvaged from the scrap heap comprise the parts of a unique junk-yard organ recently exhibited at Atlantic City, N.J. Individual notes are sounded by air from the cleaner motor blowing across small holes in the caps of bottles tuned by partly filling them with water. Supplementary noise makers are attached to the organ's console.Modern Mechanix » Junk Yard Yields Parts for Odd Organ - Link.
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Jun 26, 2007 05:00 AM
Modern Mechanix, Music, Retro |
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