‘Technology’ Archives
Complete hexapod part set on Thingiverse
Thingiverse user Daniel ("mind") has uploaded a complete set of files to laser-cut all the frame members of this sweet SpiderBot hexapod. He comments: A hexapod with servo joints. This design is quite big and needs strong servos but looks really cool...I used 20 HD-2213MG Servos...If you use other servos you need to modify the embeddings for the [...]
Make: Projects – 15-minute ice cream with a dry ice bath
Photos by Maya Chavez-Akin. Making ice cream with cryogens stronger than water ice is a fairly common chemistry demonstration stunt. The ideal way to do it is with liquid nitrogen, which is poured directly into the ice cream mixture, with stirring, and causes it to set up in about 10 minutes. Liquid nitrogen, however, can be rather difficult to [...]
Glow-in-the-dark sketch wall and LED pens
There is serious fun to be had with this project from Paulbo of FangleTronics. He shows how he created an awesome glow-in-the-dark wall on which kids (and adults, of course) can write and draw with LED pens. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | [...]
10 Easy Ways to Save Energy in Your Household
When you receive your electricity bill, do you often wonder, “Why do I pay so much?” There is no doubt that energy prices will not get any lower. On the contrary, they seem to increase all the time. However, there are things you can do to significantly cut back your energy intake. If you want to save your money to spend it on something more [...]
Fordson Snow Machine handles drifts with ease
Here's a cool video demonstrating the Fordson Snow Machine, a 1920's screw-propelled vehicle. It's a cool machine, but I'm just glad it doesn't snow that much where I live! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Transportation | Digg this! This [...]
’60s digital art
The UK's Victoria and Albert museum currently has old-school digital art on display. This display provides an overview of the first decades of the computer's history in art and design. It includes some of the earliest computer-generated works in the V&A's collections, many of which have never been exhibited in the UK before. From the 1960s [...]
Amazing M&M dispenser
The folks over at Project 240 built this Office M&M Dispenser Maze for, well, I think just for the joy of building it. After pressing the reset button to dispense a giant M&M ball, the user manipulates a joystick to navigate the candy through the maze. Anyone know where to get giant M&M balls like that? Read more | [...]
Alt.CES: Crabu’s moonbuggy mashup
I-Wei, of Crabfu Steamworks, took a Losi Micro Crawler and added Space Voyager moonbuggy parts and an astronaut to create a moon rover that can really tackle some rough terrain. Another cool Crabfu project. It was interesting to get this video from him last night. I had just gotten home from an art show of a friend, Megan Blafas. In this show, [...]
CRAFT weekly recap
This week on CRAFT we saw: Mobius Strip Fashion Persian Saffron Rice Pudding Mashanda Scott's Soft Sculptures Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Crafts | Digg this! This article was originally posted on Make
CupCake CNC build, part 7: Building the Y-stage and adjusting the Z-stage
Before we go ahead and make the Y-stage, lets go ahead and level the Z-stage. It's a really easy process. All you need to do is adjust the nuts on the Z-stage threaded rods until they are all the same height. You did add an extra nut on each of the threaded rod, didn't you? I used a mechanical pencil as a reference point, but you can use anything, [...]
