A well timed strobe light can do some amazing things. Artist Elliot Schultz placed these embroidered patterns on a record player (which naturally spins at a known stable speed). The resulting images are fun to look at. Via: Make and Laughing Squid “This project encourages viewers to watch and engage with animation physically. Discs were created with animated sequences embroidered onto their surface. They have been designed to be played
The Geek Group does an interesting Aviation Equipment Teardown. It is interesting that when something isn’t built as cheap as possible so that it can compete on a shelf at Walmart you see some really robust well built equipment. This chunk of gear is meant to last and take a beating without failure. No skimping on the mechanical design, electronic design and component selection.
Water, Lye and Silica Gel are used to make a product called water glass (also called Sodium Silicate). Mixing the Lye with the water and then adding the crushed desiccant packets will create a mixture that can be used as a high temperature adhesive. “Sodium silicate is the common name for compounds with the formula Na2(SiO2)nO. A well-known member of this series is sodium metasilicate, Na2SiO3. Also known as
A look Inside the EDSAC Computer shows us how much we take for granted these days. Funny how when there are no concepts to work with the methods of storing and executing information you get things like mercury delay systems.
Mike takes apart a 10GHz Microwave Link. You can see that this is a really precision piece of equipment, the wave guide piece is very interesting. Not sure what the cost of this is but I can guarantee it would not be cheap. There is quite a lot of electronics on the transmitter which as you would expect is very nicely laid out, there is obviously a lot of things
The prize this week is a HMC5883L Triple Axis Compass Magnetometer Sensor so you can add some directionality to your next project. This contest will run for one week (July 18 – July 24, 2015). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to
There are lots of mechanical computer parts that you can bring to life to make some music. Computer are full of parts that can get this done. This Old Computer Hardware Instrument Ochestra shows us what is possible with some effort. “This project uses old floppy drives, hard drives, and my 3D printer and uses them to do something they were never designed to do: play in one of
