Here is another great console application that doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. This text based browser supports up to 256 colors (but due to the limitation of your console, it will most likely be 16 colors.) and displays web…
Best writeup ever. LEDs are to hobby electronics what peppercorns are to cuisine: they can be sprinkled anywhere. Read the whole article here. – Link
I recently had the opportunity to climb the mast at the new New York Times Headquarters. It’s a 120 foot climb above the 52nd floor of the new building. Check out the fun video, and special thanks to Bre Pettis…
I’m at the Metalab in Vienna and the guys here are working with a CNC Router to cut out Invaders! They’re using CamBam, which is an open source program for Windows. – Link Update: after seeing it work, I’m impressed…
Learn how to use shift registers as Dave explains his LED oscilloscope project at NYC Resistor’s bi-weekly Microcontroller Study Group. UPDATE: We’ve all gotten excited about this project, and Dave has agreed to open up his code and document everything,…
Looking for some good sensors for a project? Try the SensorWiki. It’s a great collection of different sensors. From Inclinometers, Rotary potentiometers, Force-sensitive resistors (FSR) and other kinds of ‘ometers’.
photo credit: aoifejohanna All I’m waiting for to begin work on my monome, are 64 red LEDs and so I’m thinking ahead about programming languages. I don’t speak a programming language, but I may be looking to get started soon…
Wired has a great post about Ann Smith, an artist who, as wired says; ‘transforms electronics and appliances destined for the dump into nifty gadgety animals’. Check out the post to see some of the pieces as stop motion animation.…
Above is an image from the ‘Diploma Project’ by André Huber and Roland Broennimann. They are students at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and Academy of Art and Design. They are working on a project called natebu (or…