Apr 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 01:04 pm 
Using regular cheapo bic pens, tape, craft glue, scissors or a craft knife, and colored paper, you can make a bunch of origami paper pens! It’s easy.
Make a flower
The first thing you need to do is make your origami flower. I’m not going to detail the instructions here, but here are a couple links…
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Apr 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 01:04 pm 
Adafruit industries took a little field trip recently to W/—— project space in Chinatown, NYC to check out Peter Sand’s robot-tended garden.
The giant robot creates a garden, plants seeds, waters them and lovingly tends to it - the operator can control the robotics with a game controller and for the Arduino fans, it has an Adafruit protoshield and Arduinos that help the gardening.
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Apr 28th, 2009
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The Tin Can app takes advantage of the iPhone’s audio ports to send and receive messages using sound. This deceptively unadorned app points the way to jailbreak-free hardware solutions for the iPhone -
For those of you who are technically inclined, Tin Can uses frequency shift keying (FSK) to send data from one iPhone to the other. This is the same technique used by early modems to transmit data.
FSK uses alternating frequencies to represent binary data. For instance, to transmit a ‘1′ using FSK you might use a 4 kHz signal, whereas to transmit a ‘0′ you might use a 3 kHz signal. You would then alternate the two frequencies to send sequences of ones and zeroes.
What we have done, in essence, is turn the iPhone into a simple modem using its speaker and microphone. Pretty cool.
Tin Can iPhone app from the authors of iPhone Hacks
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Apr 28th, 2009
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A $1.99 round teak tray is easy to convert to a unique button tray. Great for a gift to a friend with a new home, a shower gift or a birthday gift. Wrap it up with a bottle of wine for the perfect gift.
Measure and Mark
Measure and mark the center of the tray with four pencilled dots to look like …
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Apr 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 01:04 pm Here’s a robo-blimp that some students at Colorado State University designed. They score points just for coming up with the name infraLED Zeppelin. The article includes PDF build instructions and a complete parts list.
Gadget Freak Case 139: The Autonomous Blimp [Thanks, Phillip!]
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Apr 28th, 2009
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Note
Smoking dates back to as early as 5000 BC, yes we know its bad for you. This Instructable is for those who consciously decide to smoke, recognising the dangers involved and accepting those risks. If you don’t smoke, don’t start!
What is a waterfall bong?
The waterfall is a smoking device that…
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Apr 28th, 2009
Blogsnapper at 01:04 pm 
this instructable shows you how to turn a dart tag dart into a streamline dart that will fit inside a clip
you will need
you will need: follow pics
decapitating the dart
first decapitate you dart.
just follow the pics.
finishing
done
let the glue dry and the darts will fit in recon definatly,…
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Apr 28th, 2009
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Here’s a piece on the WowWee RoboCommunity forums about adding LEDs lamps onto the head-stalk of your Rovio. One of the criticisms of the Rovio is the rather poor camera mounted in the head. The lack of lighting on the head-stalk doesn’t help. If you try and look up at something with your robo-head, and there’s inadequate lighting where you’re looking, you’re pretty much screwed. Adding these two bright-white LEDs can help (or at least I’d assume so).
WowWee Rovio Hack: Head-Mounted LED Lights
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Apr 28th, 2009
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Fellow type nerds will have fun browsing this online Wood Type Museum from Unicorn Graphics. The cuts and ornaments are especially fun!
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Apr 28th, 2009
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This Arduino based Capacitive 3D Controller that Kyle McDonald built looks like it is way to simple to function. Have a look at the video to see the amazing type of accuracy this device is capable of. The possibilities are endless for this cheap setup, I can imagine a security pass code that is not […]
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