If thumb drives were made 100 years ago it would look something like this steam punk version over at Jeff Avery’s Blog. Jeff built this with his son who wanted a cool and unique thumb drive. Nice thing about this one is you will never be stuck in the situation where someone else thinks it is theirs. The outer shell is made from some copper pipe and an end
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
 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.
Just imagine what type of sound control you would have from your guitar if you added gesture recognition that could adjust effects in real time. This Kinect Guitar Neck Tracking project by Patrick Sebastien does just that! Using the items below allow the guitar to be recognized and tracked, the gesture of the guitar is then monitored, finally Pure Data is used to adjust the sound of the guitar.
This Open Source DIY Cellphone might not be the latest and greatest Samsung phone but it is something that you can build yourself. It is Arduino based and all of the details can be found here. Via: Electronics Lab and Arduino Blog “The DIY Cellphone is a working (albeit basic) cellphone that you can make yourself. It can make and receive phone calls and text messages, store names and
