If you like building electronic kits, have a look at this cool Tube Clock Kit that is built around a nice looking Russian display tube. Thanks to Limor Fried from Adafruit Industries it’s open source so if you would prefer to make your own from scratch you can do that! Have a look at a the Adafruit Industries behind the scenes video that Rocketboom make after the jump. … Read More
Originally posted 2009-09-28 11:07:00.
A gesture sensing interface is on its way, if we believe the news mongers. Being developed by Patrick Baudisch, professor of computer science at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Postdam, Germany, and his research student, Sean Gustafson, the gesture sensing interface will require no physical input device like touch screen or a keyboard. Instead, a small video recorder and a microprocessor attached to the user’s clothing will capture and analyze all the hand gestures. When all the gestures are analyzed the outline of each gesture is sent to a computer display, allowing an equally good phone conversation.
Originally posted 2010-07-26 08:34:12.
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Lusting after Amazon’s awesome new e-reader? Maybe you’d love to play around with one but can’t justify the price. Well, Amazon, Engadget and Adafruit Industries have teamed together to throw a design-your-own-Kindle contest with five of the gadgets given away. All you have to do is create the design for the back.
Here’s the deal: we’re asking you to think of a design that would look great on the Kindle’s brushed metal back — something that means a lot to you, something that’ll make passers-by drool with envy when you casually hold up your new toy while reading The Economist from the comfort of your train, plane, or bus seat. Draft up that design (seriously, make sure it’s awesome, because you’ll be facing some stiff competition) and send it to us. We’ll post some of our favorites as finalists and hand the reigns over to you — our dear readers — to select five winners who will each have their designs laser-etched into reality on the backs of their very own Kindles!
Designs must be submitted as vector art (use Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw, Inkscape or something similar to create) and the due date is one second before midnight, Friday the 24th of July. Read the rules. Design. Submit. Win!
(The pic is my own submission, IcosaBeetle.)
Originally by John Baichtal from GeekDad on July 18, 2009, 9:00am
Originally posted 2009-07-20 07:01:11.
David from uC Hobby had a wireless doorbell but the remote was lost, instead of tossing it in the garbage he re-purposed it. By adding a few components to allow a small signal to activate the chime coil this can now be used by almost anything electronic as a cool indication. … Read More
Originally posted 2010-10-04 08:40:24.
