This Sticky Light demonstration looks like tons of fun! It was created by Alvaro Cassinelli, Kuribara Yusaku and Stephane Perrin of the Department of Information Physics and Computing at the Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory of the university of Tokyo. Via: Waxy Links "As an art installation, the most interesting aspect of the work is that it promotes a reflection on the role of light as a passive substance used for
The prize this week is a cable tester. This contest will run for one week (Aug 22 – 28, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with "Name the Thing Contest" as the
The normal iPhone docks are quite plain and simple. This nice wood dock is a piece of artwork that is sure to please. Looks like Todd has also made some out of plastic. "I recently got a case for my iPhone and it’s the kind that precludes the use of the dock. I kind of like the dock concept, but instead of taking a Dremel to the existing dock,
If you need a super cheap scope and have a very tight budget this scope is for you. Nothing special but is sure to get the job done. "It has 2 analog inputs and can supply 5V ont the 4 pins header on the right. One of the inputs can be scaled down with the trim pot. The firmware in the Tiny45 is written in C and compiled with
This is a cool Braitenberg Vehicle, they are so bug like that they are almost spooky, watch the video to see what I mean. Full build details are provided so that you can build your own. "This one is even smaller, than the previous one and comes on a custom PCB. It weighs 17 gramms, is driven by two pager motors, powered by a small lipo cell and controlled
This Rubber Band Machine Gun reminds me of a small version of this one. It seems that the rubber bands could have been a bit more powerful but there is still lots of fun packed in the small unit. The firing mechanism is very elegant and simple.
Finkbuilt has a cool article up that shows a lithophane being created. One of these days I would like to put the Fireball V90 through its paces and also make one of these. "Lithophanes were a popular way to hide girlie pictures in the bottom a of gentleman’s tea cup around the end of the 19th century. An image would be molded into the porcelain in the cup so
