One of the most enthusiastic responses we've ever gotten to a Make: Blog post was for the video of French radio ham Claude Paillard's built from scratch vacuum tubes.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.21 at 14:38
Did you learn to hate, fear and dread math? Are you calclueless? Were you a plug and chugger who just slogged through math formulas in order to get the requirement out of the way and forget about it as soon as you could reasonably do so? Don't you hate the way they call it "the calculus" like it's all high falutin and more important than you are? Why can't they just call it 'calc' like we normal folks? Well, if you're like me, you are an adult now and realize that you actually need to know all that stuff in real life, and it's gone.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.04.16 at 18:01
Did you learn to hate, fear and dread math? Are you calclueless? Were you a plug and chugger who just slogged through math formulas in order to get the requirement out of the way and forget about it as soon as you could reasonably do so? Don't you hate the way they call it "the calculus" like it's all high falutin and more important than you are? Why can't they just call it 'calc' like we normal folks? Well, if you're like me, you are an adult now and realize that you actually need to know all that stuff in real life, and it's gone.
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.04.16 at 17:43
More fun with maglev (and LN2). Magnetic Levitation [Thanks, Patti!]
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Make stuff float, with the magnetic levitation kitSuperconducting Maglev train modelsDiamagnetic levitation on a jar lid.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.16 at 13:03
The Queensland University of Technology in Australia in conjunction with Dyesol has developed an innovative solar cell technology that uses dye-infused, translucent solar cells and can be integrated into windows and uses a technology called "artificial photosynthesis" where a dye similar to chlorophyll absorbs light and generates electricity.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.16 at 11:28
There is a Psychic Super Power which some people have which allows them to interfere with TV transmissions. Read on for more. . . ImageSpots. get('spot86173').
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.04.12 at 03:50
There is a Psychic Super Power which some people have which allows them to interfere with TV transmissions. Read on for more. . . ImageSpots. get('spot61907').
Via Instructables | Posted on 2008.04.11 at 17:44
Make: Books indexer extraordinaire Patti Schiendelman sent us a link to this seriously cool UK catalog of "Weird, smart, strange, bizarre, electronic, technology resources and materials.
Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.09 at 15:00
While Joel Johnson of Boing Boing Gadgets was at McMaster University in Toronto, he was shown this amazing picture of the McMaster school logo Ion-etched onto a human hair:
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Via Makezine | Posted on 2008.04.04 at 18:16
Mick West from Cowboy Programming posted a two part series to his blog titled Practical Fluid Dynamics. Originally written for Game Developer Magazine, it covers a number of clever (and down-to-earth) techniques for simulating the movement of fluids in games and other software environments where real-time speed and visual authenticity matter most.
Via Hackszine | Posted on 2008.04.03 at 23:11