When it comes to hacking, I tend to enjoy practical projects the most. The Arduino is like physical computing “duct tape” that gives one the ability to “duct tape” things that need constant attention or action. If you need a…
What’s going on here? What does this have to do with the giant lite brite for the Interactive Party? I’ll give you three guesses.
A few months back, I acquired the Monome that Bre had put together. It’s a neat little device and I was able to hook it up using SerialPyIO to get it to light up, play some games, and communicate over…
As part of our on-going Awesome-August effort, I just completed my FPGA-based DNA sequence alignment accelerator! Behold! This bad boy can reach 1.8 Giga-cell-updates-per-second when aligning two DNA sequences, all while running off of less than 2.5W from a USB…
While on vacation on Cape Cod, I got a chance to see Fritz of Fritz Glass, working his craft. Glass Blowing is a very technical art and he was a master craftsman, and was happy to share the process, answer…
Took a break from the lite brite to make this pornj glowy shirt using coolneon wire. One of many costumes I’ll need for burning man. I’ll probably wear it at the party next week too. Make sure you RSVP!
For Awesome August I’m trying to make something of this ebay toy piano that got smashed by UPS. The music is Philip Glass’s "Modern Love Waltz," inspired by toy-pianist Margaret Leng Tan
From Engadget
Hazzah! She’s alive! I’ve got a few more tweaks to make before I show you the guts, and then I gotta make lots and lots of pegs.
Gizmodo kicked off their “Summermodo” event yesterday with a post asking if you’re a “nerd that can tan“, and they chose to use this hilarious photo of me and Bre showing off the fangs we made for a Halloween episode…