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Lego video celebrates moments of inspiration
Think of that little bolt of excitement that hits when the solution to a problem suddenly becomes clear. That's a CLICK moment in action. Consider times when a great idea comes out of the shadows of the brain and needs to be shared. That's a CLICK moment, too.
The hub of the program, www.LEGOCLICK.com, is a virtual canvas of ideas, inspired moments, quirky stories, solutions and tips from serial CLICKers designed to celebrate and inspire CLICK moments of all types.
Alt.CES: RCA's Wi-Fi "Power Harvester" Snakeoil?
Mark F. posted an interesting piece on Boing Boing, skeptical of the RCA "Airnergy WiFi Hotspot Power Harvester," a device that can allegedly charge its internal battery via Wi-Fi radio signals. They definitely get endless demerits for a groaningly-bad...
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MIDI exercise bike sets the pace
Toby writes -I've just finished writing up my first-attempt at converting the reed-switch signal from our exercise bike into MIDI. Makes for an interesting workout when you have to keep pedalling or the music grinds to a halt.Nice -...
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Arduino vs. Maple - early impressions
For those that haven't heard, LeafLabs' Maple board is an Arduino-compatible microcontroller platform based on an STM32 ARM Cortex-M3 chip. The full feature list includes - Microcontroller: STM32 F103RB Clock Speed: 72 MHz Operating Voltage: 3.3V Input Voltage (recommended):...
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Jim Kelly's Make: Electronics lab update
Jim Kelly, who's doing a daily online lab journal, working his way through Make: Electronics, is now six experiments into the book. Looks like he's having a ball. He has people looking over his shoulder from all over the...
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Alex Rider contest WINNERS!
Thanks to everyone who entered the Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest! We had a great time checking out all of the entries with lasers, grappling hooks, and other spy-stealth goodies, all designed by Alex Rider fans ages 8-18. It...
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Real-life "landspeeder" prototype
Noah Shactman just brought Israeli defense contractor Urban Aeronautics' AirMule VTOL UAV project to my attention. The photo released by Urban Aeronautics, shown above, purports to show the first successful hovering flight of an AirMule prototype, secured against wandering off by guy-wires. Video would've been more persuasive. The design goal of the AirMule project is to produce an unmanned vehicle that can be used to ferry supplies into, or wounder soldiers out of, a hostile, closely-packed urban combat environment. [via Danger Room]
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Alt.CES: Consumer thermographic video cam
Announced at this year's CES, Flir's Scout gives consumers true thermographic vision -- imaging based not on light but on heat. Flir is marketing the Scout to consumers but it's hard to see Joe Sixpack wanting to drop $3K...
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Low-cost fabbed 3-axis mill
While at MIT last week, I met Jonathan Ward, who's working in the Machines That Make (MTM) group on an open source, low-cost CNC mill made from 26 parts on a ShopBot, called the MTM A-Z. You can download...
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DIY hourglass
Dave writes in to share his friend Andrei's project, a homemade hourglass. Andrei made this using two wine glasses, hardwood, brass screws and a keen attention to detail.
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Make: Money for your club or organization
Calling all leaders of science clubs, robotics teams, and rocket clubs! Make: Money is for all student groups, schools, clubs, and organizations that exemplify the maker culture and need a unique and easy way to fund their work. You...
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Fat Tag Graffiti iPhone app
Theo Watson writes: The long awaited update to the original Fat Tag – The Deluxe Edition co-created with NYC graffiti legend Katsu is now available in the App Store. Features include: Multiple default backgrounds Additional background selection from camera,...
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Rocking horse from vintage Vespa
Don't know grandpa's name, but the lucky grandson he made this thing for is "Diego". [via Boing Boing]
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Solar charging station on a dog
The solar dog prototype charger from Erik Schiegg is a solar panel attached to a dog sweater. I'm not sure how efficient it is, but I could see this being handy.
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In the Maker Shed: MAKE Controller Kit v2.0
The MAKE Controller Kit v2.0 is an open source hardware platform for projects requiring high performance control/feedback, connectivity, and ease of use. It can be programmed and run autonomously or used as a peripheral to desktop/laptop applications via the popular OSC protocol.
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Homebrew dual-core Arduino
The project consists of a shield you can add to an Arduino equipped with another Altmega 168/328 chip and a whole 'nother set of digital and analog I/O pins. Instructable user johndavid400 explains: The shield design can use the...
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iDoScience.org
This is really interesting, a new site coming in 2010 that helps folks collect data... For the web geeks, perhaps it's like a NING or Mechanical Turk for science?... iDoScience.org is a revolutionary new Web technology that allows citizen...
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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.
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'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...
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