This Morphing Table Surface (PDF) by professor Hiroshi Ishii and his students, Sean Follmer, Daniel Leithinger, Alex Olwal and Akimitsu Hogge is one of the most intuitive morphing surfaces I have ever seen. Not only are your gestures duplicated on the interactive surface, there is also an image mapped onto the duplicated surface. Via: dailypicksandflicks.com “Past research on shape displays has primarily focused on rendering content and user interface
 When the power fails you could look for the candles that are tucked away in the kitchen drawer, but why not have a Rechargeable Waterproof Bottle Lamp on standby? ASCAS mounted a charging jack and switch to the lid of a medium sized jar, this is connected to a battery and a 3 watt LED. A small 5mm red LED is used to indicate when it is charging
Instead of a lawn tractor this Robot Tractor might be just the thing you need around the yard. It might need a bit of weight added to the design to allow it to pull anything substantial but that shouldn’t be an issue. I an see it being a great help to landscapers needing to pull around carts of material such as mulch, sod, hand tools, etc. If there are
If you haven’t ripped apart an LED bulb to see what makes it tick have a look at the video that electronupdate made showing what is inside a Philips A19 bulb which is a 60 watt incandescent replacement. It really shows you the world of difference between incandescent and LED! Watch the video below to see how simple the old style bulb is to make.
Raffael Herrmann from en.code-bude.net stuffed the guts of his RadioduinoWRT project into an old piece of stereo equipment. Inside the box he has about $100 worth of electronics including a WRT router, an Arduino Mega and an ethernet module. The result is a great looking component that can stream internet radio without having to keep a computer running to play it. “Once the basic idea to build a web
Not that this is going to be replacing a real CNC machine any time soon but this LEGO CNC Lathe shows the cool capabilities of the LEGO system. It sure is nothing like the LEGO that I grew up with that had an optional motor and wheels to allow your creations to move about.
 The prize this week is an Arduino Pro Mini. This contest will run for one week (November 3 – 8, 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 to contest
