A while back I fumbled into Acid Cow’s idea for a Money Shredding Alarm Clock.
I figured turning the concept into reality shouldn’t be too hard.
All I needed was a few main parts:
SparkFun’s ClocKit
A USB Powered Paper Shredder
TIP120 Darlington Transistor… (read more)
I’ve had my laser cutter (Full Spectrum 40-watt CO2) for about 1.5 years – and over that time have spent a good amount of time trying to make circuit boards on it. To be clear – I wanted to cut circuit boards. Others … (read more)
I just put together an OpenSCAD Library – PuzzleCut – http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:35834
It lets you easily cut objects into 2 or 4 (theoretically as many as you like) interlocking pieces for 3d printing or laser cutting.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Puzzlecut only works correctly when RENDERING objects in … (read more)
Apple finally approved my new app (for iPad and iPhone), Fix the Fresco:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/fix-the-fresco/id557433478?mt=8
http://www.nothinglabs.com/fresco/
It took them 11 days to approve it – reducing the prospects of building any inertia with the news story fading…
Can you fix the damaged Fresco?
In Borja, Spain … (read more)
I finally got around to publishing my recipe / instructions for “Tub Mate” on Instructables.
For those unaware – Yerba Mate is a caffeine containing plant used similarly to tea or coffee by many South American cultures.
I have become a fan of a … (read more)
A little over a year ago I shared my Arduino Powered Laser Show on Instructables.
LaserTweet is a modification of the laser show that uses a Python script to search Twitter for tweets with certain hashtags – and then display them.
I’ve also put … (read more)
After much delay – Manic Marble 4 is out for iPad and iPhone now – click here to get it!
This release uses an all-new 3D engine (Oolong) – and has tons of new features:
10 New Levels
Translated to 10 languages
“Universal” app … (read more)
Recently did an interview for BBC’s Outriders radio show / podcast:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/outriders/2011/12/creators.shtml
Topics include cloud chambers, my Resistor Photo ID iPhone app and tinkering in general.
Jamillah Knowles did a great job putting this together! I came out sounding far more coherent than I … (read more)
(Note: Due to changes in iOS – this app is no longer available… sorry!)
I shipped a new iPhone app a few weeks ago – “Resistor Photo ID”
It uses your iPhone’s camera to help identify resistor values.
I’ve been playing with Autodesk’s 123D “Catch”
It’s a free app that transforms sequences of still images into a 3d model of an object.
Here’s a sample video I did:
It does the processing “in the cloud” – in conjunction with a client-side application.… (read more)
Back from showing off the Electronic Cloud Chamber at Maker Faire NYC – things went very well!
I managed to score three “Editor’s Choice” blue ribbons for the exhibit!
People really liked that the project is both “open source” (how to build your own … (read more)
In early August I took a tour of the Hanford Site located near Richland, Washington.
Hanford was created in 1943 to produce plutonium for nuclear bombs. Operating until the late 80’s – its 9 nuclear reactors produced enough material for 60,000 weapons.
The tour encompassed … (read more)
Over the last year – I’ve toyed with the notion of making an EDF fan bike.
I finally got around to putting one together – here’s some test footage:
EDF is short for Electric Ducted Fan. They are basically enclosed propellers for model airplanes – … (read more)
Been enjoying my new Full Spectrum laser cutter. It’s a lot of laser cutter for $2500!
I wanted to come up with something better than the stock “aiming” laser pointer.
Issue is that since the stock aiming laser doesn’t actually follow the cutting … (read more)
Nothing Labs now has a laser cutter!
The Full Spectrum 40 Watt Laser Cutter showed up about a week ago.
Here’s a video documenting my experience thus far:
Highs:
– It works pretty well!
– Deluxe package really includes everything you need to start cutting … (read more)