‘Technology’ Archives
Sony Vaio P Series : Ultra-Portable with GPS
With smartphone tech getting so good one often doesn’t need a PC to do his/her job or social networking, your phone will pretty much be able to cope with everything. It appears Sony are trying to grab some attention from the market with its new ultra-portable, small and light(only 600g) P Series notebook. Firstly the basic specs. Now [...]
In the Maker Shed: Fifty Dangerous Things (You Should Let Your Children Do)
Fifty Dangerous Thing (You Should Let Your Children Do) is the first book from the people who created Tinkering School. With projects, activities, experiences, and skills ranging from "Superglue Your Fingers Together" to "Play with Fire," along with 48 other great ideas, the book is a manifesto for kids and parents alike to reclaim childhood. [...]
iPad : Priced and Dated
As you may have noticed I’ve avoided speaking about the iPad at all! Mainly this was due to the fact I’m not a fan of Apple (which has changed slightly since my recent acquisition of an iPhone 3GS) but also there was never any concrete evidence for us UK residents on when it was arriving or how much it would be. Well wait no more it’s [...]
ViewSonic PJD6531w Projector
If you’re looking at some future-proofing tech for the 3D revolution, but don’t fancy forking out a fortune for a new TV maybe a projector is what you should be looking at. Normally only a select breed go down the projector path but this one shows that you can have the ability to access 3D technology of the future without destroying your bank [...]
EMSL on magnetic fields
Trust our friends Lenore and Windell at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories to take something most of us take for granted and explore it thoroughly. In their recent column Start Seeing Magnetic Fields they explore a bunch of different ways of visualizing the fields, ranging from the classic iron filings method to 'magnetic field viewing film' to using [...]
World’s smallest car
Smart Car too big for you? Too much of a road hog? Gas guzzler? What you need is a real "microcar," like a Peel Trident or a Peel P50. These strange little cars were made by Peel Engineering, on the Isle of Man, in the 1960s -- most ran on a 50cc (49cc, actually) moped engine and on three very tiny wheels. Andy Carter's Peel Microcars site has a [...]
Sweet robot with mecanum wheels
Remember the 3D-printed mechanum wheels I blogged a while ago? Well, maker ROB K636 built a cool mecanum bot powered by four battery packs, an arduino, screw shields and what looks like a motor shield. I really like how he created colored wheels using regular old Rit clothing dye. My question is, why use mecanum wheels other than for cool? [...]
PhoneFest continued : Nokia N8 revealed
Well its been on the cards for a while and now we have the news. The N8 is coming and lets hope and pray Nokia have realised the mistakes they’ve made with the N97 and N900 and get back to being the top dog at smartphones, and looking at the specs, this shouldn’t disappoint. First Symbian 3 mobile from Nokia. Will still look and [...]
Circular bookshelf perfect for storing philosophy texts
This circular bookshelf, part of the Archive Series by designer David Garcia, is designed to help a bibliophile store and transport a half ton of books. To move it, you just stand in the center and start walking. Probably not the most practical use of space, but it looks like fun! Read more | Permalink | Comments | [...]
FabISP: A simple AVR programmer you can build yourself
Prototyping systems such as Arduino use a bootloader to make it easier to upload programs to them. This is really convenient, however if you want to get into programming 'straight' microcontrollers, then you will need to get an in circuit programmer to program them. Of course, you could just use an existing Arduino to do the job, but it's [...]
