Based on the popular Japanese puzzle Sudoku and inspired by ArduNIX and ogi lumen Trashbear Labs built a replica of the game using 81 nixie tubes and some modified opensource code. The code is available via a DropBox shared link. Check out the video of [...]
Continue ReadingRob from the always-entertaining-but-hard-to-describe science/prank/DIY/investigative journalism site Cockeyed.com had the brilliant idea of making an Amazon Kindling– a wireless wooden e-book (which uses no electricity….), and we were pleased to help out. You can read his writeup here. You can buy your own on eBay [...]
Continue ReadinggEUZDg7Nd-o Cardboard box + Tracing Paper + Movie Poster + Tape = $0.00 Full article availabe here [strobist]
Continue ReadingSpoke POV is an easy-to-make electronic kit toy that turns your bicycle wheel into a customized display! The project includes a free schematic design, open source software for uploading and editing stored bitmap images, and a high-quality kit with all the parts necessary to build [...]
Continue ReadingBeen trying to improve on that worthless iPod dock? Want to connect your gadgets together in a Lego like formation or perhaps you have been trying to figure out how to upload ring tones from you iPod to your phone! Well here is where you [...]
Continue ReadingIt seems the do-it-yourself bottle cap tripod is the talk of the internet today. Jake Ludington of Jake Ludington’s MediaBlab, has created a step-by-step instruction set for creating a digital camera tripod from a Pepsi bottle. He got the idea from the Japanese retail version [...]
Continue ReadingThe owner of this Mazda Protege sedan decided that he needed to get some MP3 playback in their vehicle, stat! Instead of purchasing your run-of-the-mill MP3 playing headunit they decided to take their Mac Mini and mod an iTrip FM transmitter directly to the Mini. [...]
Continue ReadingO’reilly has posted an excerp from their iPod and iTunes Hacks bookon their digital media blog. This is a great how-to for people that are trying to consolidate their remotes into a single device, the iPod! This article even tells you how to upload the [...]
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