When the band support on [David]’s Casio CFX-400 scientific Calculator view finally broke after 10 years of use, he found it practically impossible to find another view with the same functionality. like any good engineer, [David] chose to design a view to meet his needs. The result of his endeavors was the µWatch, a programmable ... Read More

If you’ve never heard about electronic paper, crawl out from under that rock and read up on the Sony reader and the Amazon Kindle. E-paper is a flexible display made of color-changing beads that simulate ink-on-paper for easy daylight reading. The revolutionary thing about e-paper is that after it’s set, it stays that way without ... Read More

[Gabe] sent in this project summary from his rocketry club’s yearly project(pdf). The goal was to build a rocket that would go up to about 800 meters and eject a robot that would pilot itself to a destination on the ground for re use. There’s tons of terrific information from what hardware is in the ... Read More

[Martynas Mickevičius] has a grandma who is visually impaired. She enjoys listening to audiobooks as well as has been doing so utilizing a DVD player for rather some time. The issue is that there is no method for her to save her setting in between listening session. He set out to assist by building a ... Read More

[Claude Paillard] makes his own triodes (google translated) for short wave radios. The site doesn’t have a lot of details itself, but links to entire books on the history of radio tubes and manufacturing of them.  [Claude] takes us through the entire process of building a triode in a 17 minute long video. even if ... Read More

Ok, we know you’re going to get mad, there’s essentially no information on the technical side. but the music was so pleasant, and that’s rare.  There’s an interview with Felix, the creator, where he goes over his goals and ideas behind the project. We like just to sit and enjoy though. If you want to ...

kids of the info age are doomed to have the worst handwriting just for lack of utilize if nothing more. however some trainees at Olin college harnessed innovation to discover a option to that problem. satisfy Herald, a CNC maker that can create lovely calligraphy. The maker utilizes a gantry to step the composing idea ... Read More

Cockeyed.com is a peculiar site. It is spattered with links in an nearly unintelligible manner, however if you dig difficult enough, or just click randomly, you can discover some quite fun stuff. One great writeup they’ve done is exactly how to replace the lens in their point as well as shoot camera. this occurs to ... Read More