Waking up gradually is a great way to start your day. There are two methods that are normally done to do this sound and light. I often set my phone to gradually increase the alarm volume over several minutes. This sure beats the other standard alarm clock that is loud enough to wake up everyone in the house and only have one volume level. I have been wanting to
Our friend Rodger Cleye just sent in his latest creation. The Thunderball V2 is a Heavy Lift Bicopter that can lift 13lbs! It was built from PVC, bolts tie-wrap and tape. The mannequin makes it look great. I think if this was launched from a platform that allowed the copter to launch with the mannequin legs to remain in the standing stance it would look totally amazing. I am
 I can see the wind up flying pants (translated) become an instant hit. In this prototype you see the parts were printed on a 3D printer and the wings are made of a thin plastic material. From a few seconds of winding up the rubber band the plane can get some great height and flight time. You can see some videos and pictures below of other similar creations
 Camille and Genevieve Beatty who are 11 and 13 have built a great looking Mars Rover in their Garage. It guess it helps that their dad has a fully equipped robot building setup, but from looking at the build pictures I am thinking that the girls actually did most of the work. I am sure the dad helped along the way but that is how we learn right.
 This Spin Stabilized Rocket looks really cool. The three 13mm rocket motor tubes are all angled to that it spins the rocket as it flies. You can see the rocket fly in the video below. Sure is a cool idea but I am not sure the result was optimal, but I am not sure if it is more predictable than motors installed straight in though.
  The prize this week is an 6V 0.6W Solar Cell. This contest will run for one week (August 17 – 23, 2013). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please note the image above is a side view of the thing. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email
The raspberrywebserver.com is running on this Raspberry Pi Cluster Web Server. Visit the site to see all of the details so you can build your own. Steve figures that a 20 Raspberry Pi cluster would be equivalent to a PC server so it isn’t as powerful as a full blown server but it feels very fast and responsive when I tried it! Via: HG Comments “Clusters can be used
