RSSArchives: August 2007
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August 29, 2007
Smoke photography
Stoffel writes -
Hi Philip - I noticed a couple of articles on the Make blog related to smoke art and just wanted to show you my gallery as well.. have a look at www.lumendipity.com/blog and www.lumendipity.com/smoke. The blog has some information about 'how to' as well (mainly in February archive)... Aalternatively, my smoke set on Flickr -Smoke photography Link.
Related:
Paint with smoke - Link.
HOW TO - Photograph smoke - Link.
Sculptures made with smoke - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 01:00 PM
Arts, DIY Projects, Imaging |
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Drill-Powered bike...
Some weird tools and more from the National Hardware Show and the folks from this Old House... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 12:00 PM
Toolbox |
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Youscope (oscilloscope demo)
Miikka writes -
It's bit late and off-topic, but anyway, if you haven't seen it yet... here is a cool use for your oscilloscope: use it as a display for a demo. This demo won the third place in Assembly Summer '07 shortfilm competition. I really like those sine waves. By the way, the guy who made this is 15 years old. The oscilloscope is connected to PC soundcard and is in X/Y-mode, with right channel connected to X and left to Y input. Download its waveform from here to see it on your oscilloscope!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 11:00 AM
Arts, Electronics, Music |
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DIY Rubens tubes!
W. writes - A Rubens Tube uses fire to visually demonstrate the compression effects of soundwaves. Think Winamp's little oscilloscope, but on fire.
The construction of these tubes were documented by two people independently, and submitted simultaneously for Instructable.com's Science Fair.
More!
- The Rubens' Tube: Soundwaves in Fire! - Link.
- Wiimote Rubens Tube: Control Fire With Sound! (And a Nintendo Wiimote!) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects |
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MemPot v1.0, potentiometer with a memory
Dnny writes -
MemPot is a control interface for circuit bent instruments and sound generators. MemPot is a built around PIC 16F819 microcontroller that reads analog resistances, records them to memory and plays them back via digital potentiometer DS1267 chip. The memory buffer size and the playback speed can be adjusted.site includes all plans for doing one for yourself.ยป MemPot v1.0, potentiometer with a memory -Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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AT-6D plane restoration project
Mark sent in his "little" project with a L-4 Grasshopper thrown in to boot - wow, there are a lot of makers restoring planes! - Link.
Are you a maker that restores planes? Post up the comments!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 08:00 AM
Transportation |
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The Stealth Router - HOW TO fit a computer inside an UPS case
Siloraptor writes -
Ever since I've started using Linux I've been obsessed with doing custom routers and trying to cram as much functionality in the less amount of space possible. 'Space' so far being hard drive space, so I set out to build me a new router to substitute the old P5-233 Dell that was working as my firewall. Like pretty much every other hardware project I've done, planning was absent in the process as I prefer to do things McGyver-style and surprise myself.The Stealth Router: How to fit a computer inside an UPS case - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 07:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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Plush Hellraisers
I really like these plush Hellraisers, cube and Pinhead cushion (of course) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 06:00 AM
Arts, Crafts |
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Home carbonation system
Kevin Kelly published a tutorial on making your own carbonated beverages by Alastair Ong.
In this really terrific tutorial he writes,
"I drink a lot of seltzer. So much that my fiancee says I couldn't survive without bubbles in my water. After trying a SodaClub home soda maker (picture above right) and realizing it would cost $70 to buy a special part for it, I found a really detailed resource for building my own, simple home carbonation system for under a $100 using a CO2 tank, regulator, hose and a carbonator cap. It took ten minutes to build. I love having very good homemade soda on the cheap and not having to lug around seltzer bottles or worry about it going flat. With a scuba-like tank in the kitchen, guests always ask "What is that?!" and I really love demonstrating."
Home carbonation system at Cool Tools - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Aug 29, 2007 06:00 AM
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Typewriter art
The Paul Smith Foundation's amazing gallery of typewriter art - [via] Link.
Related:
Vintage underwood typewriter softie - Link.
Portable typewriter laptop... - Link.
HOW TO - Make a typewriter keyboard - Link.
The virtual typewriter museum - Link.
HOW TO - Hacking a USB Keyboard ... - Link.
Typewriter keyboard - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 05:00 AM
Arts |
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Bug Labs BUGbase & BUGmodules
Bug Labs, a start up that's attempting to bring some open source hardware action to more developers out there just updated their site with a bit about their dev environment. They're still looking for beta testers too so sign up if that's your thing... -
BUGbase is the foundation of your BUG device. It's a fully programmable and "hackable" Linux computer, equipped with a fast CPU, 128MB RAM, built-in WiFi, rechargeable battery, USB, Ethernet, and a small LCD with button controls. It also has a tripod mount because, well, why not? Each BUGbase houses four connectors for users to combine any assortment of BUGmodules to create their ultimate gadget.Bug Labs: Products - Link.
I haven't seen more than hardware samples so far, so I can't really comment on this more than it looks interesting and they seem to be saying/doing all the good things for OSH so far.
Related:
- Bug labs - hardware, first look - Link.
- Bug labs - Link.
- Open source hardware licenses - Link.
- What is open source hardware? - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 04:00 AM
Electronics, Gadgets, Open source hardware |
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Illegal Prime Powerpoint
I was asked to contribute (for free) some slideware (PowerPoints) along with some other artists, designers, etc for an "Art of Office" site - didn't think it would actually make it on the site, but here it is... The DeCSS code for decrypting DVDs (361 slides of numbers) along with the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) code too, it's art! - Link.
Related:
Art of Office site - Link.
Announcing Art of Office (mac mojo) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 03:00 AM
Arts |
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Monitor Hack: High voltage security system
Don't and I mean *really don't* do this, it's a mod to a monitor using it's power to make an electrified fence. The video is really funny and interesting enough to discuss, but really don't do this, hope that's clear enough - do enjoy the video though. We had an earlier discussion about high voltage DC you might want to check out - Link (video @ info).
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 02:00 AM
Electronics |
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Volta - Audio signal controlling a cathode ray oscilloscope
rf00101 writes -
This is an excerpt from my video installation VOLTA (2006). It is made using audio signal to control a cathode ray oscilloscope (exactly the same as the techniques behind the 'backscatter' DVD but a little more advanced.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 01:00 AM
Arts, Electronics, Music |
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DIY iPhone charger (The MintyBoost works with the iPhone)...
I have been doing some testing with the iPhone and the super efficient MintyBoost we have @ MAKE. The first revision of the iPhone firmware didn't seem to like any 3rd party chargers, but since the latest updates everything seems to be working. I'm still doing testing but it looks like you might be able to get 2x the video, audio and web use with the MintyBoost, but I need to do more testing and be in one place for that long to confirm... - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 29, 2007 12:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, iPod |
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August 28, 2007
Remington steampunk keyboard
Inspired by Jake von Slatt and Datamancer's steampunk keyboards, Quentin Regnier, Of Small Wonders... blog, fabricated this crazy input contraption, built from Remington typewriter parts.
The Remington keyboard - Link
Realted:
A treasure-trove of MAKE steampunk coverage - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 28, 2007 08:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Retro |
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Dalek plan for world (record) domination
Sixty-seven people in home-made Dalek costumes converged last Sunday at The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, England. They were attempting to set a world record for the largest assembly of the extraterrestrial borg bad guys, featured in the beloved BBC TV series Dr. Who.
Dalek Invasion of Earth - Link
Day of the Daleks [Flickr photo set] - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 28, 2007 06:00 PM
Arts, Crafts, Robotics |
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More moon shots...
Check out the MAKE Flickr pool for some more lunar eclipse photos, great stuff! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 28, 2007 05:00 PM
Science |
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Photographing industrial ghost towns
On the new Boing Boing Gadgets blog, helmed by the brilliant Joel Johnson, he has a link to a photography blog of Haiko Hebig. Hebig travels throughout Europe documenting the decaying corpse of Europe's 20th century industrial infrastructure. Love the control room images.
Endangered Machinery - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Aug 28, 2007 04:00 PM
Arts, Retro |
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Time lapse lunar image
Nathan writes -
Hello Phillip, I found out about the eclipse on the MAKE blog about an hour before it started. - and I took your suggestion about taking photos.I made a time lapse of the beginning. I put my Canon A95 on a tripod, and watched the time. I took a photo about every minute, and compiled them into an animated GIF in Photoshop. Unfortunately, flickr doesn't play the animated GIF correctly, and photobucket won't let me upload anything larger than 1Meg, so I'm hoping that you could host it for everyone to see.
Here's more info: I used a 1/10sec exposure with ISO 50, and f8.0. I could only zoom 3x with the A95 though. I cropped and layered the photos together in Photoshop and used the animation tool to align them. I left a 1sec first and last frames, and gave the rest a 0.1 sec delay. enjoy :)
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 28, 2007 03:36 PM
Imaging, Science |
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