 North Street Labs built a cool looking light show project for the Hippodrome. It is made using a large number of smart RGB LED strips. The effect sure adds a huge amount of ambiance to the party! I can see this system becoming a system that bars and clubs would want to order as a permanent installation. Read the article for lots of tips on purchasing electronic parts
The Neurophone was invented by Patrick Flanagan and used radio transmitter that injected sound into the human nervous system. Antennas coupled a one-watt 40kHz transmitter to the body to inject the signals. Seems that Patrick was quite the brain since he developed and sold a guided missile detector to the U.S. military when he was 11 years old. Andreas Hahn has make a modern version of the Neurophone using
Wow, making Ceramic Brake Discs is not an easy process. I didn’t think there would have been so many complicated steps involved in making them. I was just thinking it was a slurry of ceramic material that was cast and machined. “This high performance material, made from a special mixture of powders, resins and fibres in a complex manufacturing process, has been used since the 1970s in braking systems
Most people enjoy a nice cool Slurpee every now and again. Even though I live in the Slurpee capitol of the world I had no idea how the machines worked. The video above makes it sound like the process is a bit more complicated than it is. I was thinking there would have been a bit more going on under the hood. I had envisioned some type of automation
See the world record holder in hand held slingshot in action and learn how a slingshot actually works. Tobias can actually generate over 100 jules of energy with his slingshot. That is some amazing power as you can see it can punch through some very thick boards. Destin from Smarter Every Day shows us that you get the most energy from a slingshot if you pull back and fire
This Kickstarter will get 1000 Ping Pong Ball Projects into Space. Many of them will be student projects but there will be a bunch from non students so if you have a great idea you might be able to get it into space. There are some cool sponsorship levels such as getting a note into space and back for $10. I was wondering how many they recover since they
So you thought that your camera gear was kick ass? Have a look at the rig that Pedro Guimaraes has put together. If a 3D RED camera system wasn’t enough he has linked in his steadicam onto a Segway so that he can drive around by simply leaning and effortlessly swing around the huge monstrosity of a camera to capture the optimal smooth shot. I can’t wait to see
