If you are ever in Brussels, this building is a must see. “Touch is a project by the Belgian digital design and art lab, LAb[au], Laboratory for Architecture and Urbanism. The project takes as a starting point Brussels’ 145 m high Dexia Tower, from which 4200 windows can be individually colour-enlightened, by RGB-led bars, turning the façade into an immense display. Instead of considering this infrastructure as a flat screen
Looks like this may be a new form of pool heating. “This rig has been running successfully since 8/06 (knock knock). Computers have been easily swapped out without the need to shut down the pump or any other computers on the line. There is no perceptible temperature difference in the water returned to the pool. However, every machine on the line happily operates somewhere between 30 – 40 C depending
The Triforium is interesting looking, but the old control room for it is amazing! This old tech is fascinating, I can’t imagine writing code using paper tape. 🙂 Eecue.com had the opportunity to have a tour of the old control room (it has since been replaced by a modern control system). “The Triforium is the name of a six story 60 ton public sculpture in the Los Angeles Mall Civic
Take your WowWee robots to the next level with Robodance. “The next version of Robosapien Dance Machine, the free open source program also known as Robodance, has support for the Nintendo Wii Remote. You can watch a funny sneak preview video of this new release in action now. ( Warning: this video contains graphic footage of a robot tickling Elmo! ) Robodance already lets you control your WowWee robot
Check out this article to improve the range of a bargain bin wireless mouse. “While shopping at Microcenter, I found a “bargain†wireless mouse and keyboard combination on sale for $12.99. I wanted to add something like this to my media center and the price was really low so I decided to give it a try. The first attempt at using this proved that you really do get what you
Do you have a bluetooth enabled phone? If you do you may want to watch these videos. Other resources: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4 Link 5 “What is Bluejacking? You’ve read about it on the web; heard about it on the radio; read articles in the newspapers… but what exactly is bluejacking? *Warning- by the end of ‘What is bluejacking?’ I can assure you that you’ll
If you have an Etch a Sketch in the closet collecting dust, the Etch CNC may be an interesting project that could put it back into use. “I am using a retrofit machine that fit within my budget. It’s a 2-axis machine with approximately 170x130mm travel. The circuit board is my own design, using a ULN2803 per motor to supply approx. 0.3 amps per winding. The power supply is a
