Kent Barnes made this wonderfully clever and elegant iPad stand using the suction attachment of a Garmin GPS, then molded Sugru around it to make it compatible with the base from a Panavise. That plus a bluetooth keyboard makes for a cute little desktop! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in hacks | Digg this!
Great for learning electronics and circuit design! The Gakken EX System is a series of educational electronics kits produced in the late 1970s. The kits use “denshi blocks” (also known as electronic blocks) to allow electronics experiments to be performed easily and safely
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In the Maker Shed: EX-150 Electronic Experiment kit
The folks at Kolb Technology put together this series of tutorial videos (second part here ) to show what goes into making models using their modeling clay. Spoiler: it’s a lot of tedious molding and scraping, followed by more molding and scraping. [via core77 ] Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Arts | Digg this!
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How to do 3D-sketching using modeling clay
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool : Michael Colombo has been experimenting with recycling plastic bags , and forming them into children’s blocks. The process, as documented in this Instructable , is to to melt the plastic in an oil bath at low heat, which causes the bags to disintegrate into goo.
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Recycling plastic bags into plastic blocks?
What is it with Gawker and legal scruples involving Apple? After going through that whole issue of unofficially launching the latest Apple iPhone — through Gizmodo, one of its weblogs — before Apple itself was ready to do an unveiling, it is now part of an FBI investigation regarding a security breach, this time with the Apple iPad, as shared in a previous post
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iPad Security Breach: Gawker Media in Another Apple Issue!
We don’t usually cover much in the way of gaming news here, but my brother Kyle sent this item my way, noting the potential DIY aspect – Thanks to Rock Band 3′s new Pro mode for guitar, drums and, yes, keyboard, every single note on the game’s song list will be tracked. The good news for actual musicians? If you already have a MIDI keyboard or MIDI drum set, you can opt for the Rock Band 3 MIDI Pro Adapter Box
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Rock Band 3 to offer MIDI input – custom controllers anyone?
Via Dinosaurs and Robots come these amazing pictures of a derelict machine shop in the mountains of North Carolina. “No one on the mountain can remember it being open” says the Mondo-Blogo author who snapped the pics. It looked like, one day possibly in the 1960s or 70s, that they just up and closed without even clearing off their desks
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Embracing decay at Sid’s Machine Shop
When I first saw Chris’s gorgeous brass-and-wood irising door peephole mechanism in the ShopBot booth at Maker Faire, I knew it was something special: A beautiful piece of machinery, designed and built solely for the pleasure of operating and observing its operation. When Chris contacted us wanting to sell them in Makers Market , naturally I was excited, but I was also a bit skeptical
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Chris Schaie’s mechanical irises for sale
Benjamin Eckel from Gumbolabs wanted to be able to decode the signals from his universal remote, so he hooked an infrared receiver up to his Arduino and created this Radioshack infrared receiver . Could be just the thing for creating that remote-controlled robot! Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Electronics | Digg this!
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Control an Arduino project using an infrared remote
Jeri experiments with Dupont Luxprint Electroluminescent inks and converts an old LCD into a simple EL display. She also demonstrates that super glue can be used as the dielectric and that zinc sulfide glow powder does not work well as an EL phosphor.
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Jeri Ellsworth turns an LCD into an EL display
PrinTip: Choosing the Optimal Paper Can Improve Print Quality and Longevity Choosing the right paper for your office inkjet printer has now reached the same complexity as choosing a cereal at the grocery store. Paper manufacturers have created more options than you may have the time or energy to investigate. This article cuts through the marketing hype, and gives you everything you need to know.
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Which Paper Should I Choose for My Office Inkjet Printer?
More than a hundred thousand Apple iPad user e-mail addresses reportedly found their way to Gawker.com after hackers sent the addresses to the site. Among those whose addresses were leaked were important personalities, including executives of the New York Times, Time Warner, and HBO. There were also several e-mail addresses that ended with @us.army.mil – pointing to several members of the military as iPad early adopters
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FBI Looks into iPad e-Mail Leaks
This Tramontina 10-Piece 18/10 Stainless Steel TriPly-Clad Cookware Set is on sale at Walmart.com for $199.00 (was $279.97). The Tramontina 10-Piece 18/10 Stainless Steel TriPly-Clad Cookware Set features triple-layered construction, which allows food to evenly heat from the base up to the sides. The set has everything you need for stovetop cooking.
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Save $81 on Tramontina 10-Piece 18/10 Stainless Steel TriPly-Clad Cookware Set
There was a point in the not so distant past when computers occupied an entire room. Now, some can fit quite snugly into your backpack, you hardly even remember that you have your life’s work on your back. Like many others we were one of those who moved on from using a desktop to a laptop ; and it seems like practically everyone else has followed suit.
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Desktops versus Laptops
Patio Furniture Sale – Get Up to 50% + Extra 10% OFF at Boscovs.com. At Boscov’s Department Store you can get Men’s Clothing, Women’s clothing, kids clothing, Home & Garden, Furniture, Health & Beauty, Cosmetics, makeup, fragrances, skincare, bedding, kitchen, cookware, luggage, Electronics, toys, handbags, shoes, accessories and more.
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Patio Furniture Sale – Get Up to 50% + Extra 10% OFF at Boscovs.com
Great news ! HP 564 remanufactured ink cartridges arrive in stock now. After waiting for several months, finally we have this privilege to introduce remanufactured HP 564 ink to our customers. In this era when inkjet printers renovated day by day, 123inkcartridges.ca always catch up the step of the technology and endeavor to offer our customers best products.
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New Arrival! HP 564 Remanufactured Ink Cartridges
And the hottest topic in the tech circuit is – the iPhone 4 . We actually find it interesting that despite the fact that Apple did not seem to be introducing anything new – and that’s not because they are not innovative, but because someone else beat them to the first reveal – the excitement still seems to be on a high note.
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iPhone 4: Can’t Wait for FaceTime!
HP has released a new line of printers with a function of wireless printing directly from mobile phones and tablet PCs. It is noted that the new series is designed to work in the WWW, and each device is assigned a unique e-mail address enabling the printing from any place that has an Internet connection.
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New HP Printer Support Printing From iPad and Web Applications
Let’s take a look around the web and what’s being said about the new iPhone 4. An iPhone Lover’s (Initial) Thoughts On iPhone 4 (TechCrunch) iPhone 4 guide: preview, pricing availability (engadget) A Look at iPhone 4’s Camera Quality (MacRumors) Everything you need to know about the iPhone 4 (MobileCrunch) Apple iPhone 4 Review Roundup (The Huffington Post) iPhone 4 – Droid Incredible – Evo 4G – Nexus One Comparative Chart (Gizmodo) Image: Apple Post from: EveryJoe
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Hot Links: Talkin’ About the iPhone 4
Epson Company has introduced the Epson LQ-2190 — an improved model of the well-known printer Epson LQ-2180. Compared to its predecessor, the new printer has a higher speed and larger print resource, and is equipped with USB interface. Epson LQ-2190 is designed to work in the banking sector, as well as in other industries where you want to print on multicopy media.
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Epson LQ-2190, The New 24-needle Matrix Printer