Comments on: Gears embedded in business cards http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/ Fresh hacks every day Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Wwhat http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-54015 Wwhat Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:54:58 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-54015 Indeed it would be hard to manually cut out gears, there must be a more clever way, some sort of cookie-cutter style thing, or one of those scissors that cut patterns, and there are punchers for carton decoration one might be able to adapt? Perhaps something can be found on instructables.com. Also I'd use something like plastic for those planetary gears, or some sellotape or something on the carrier to make them rotate better, also did I miss what he uses for the axle or did he really also use the same paper? That would not be sturdy/longlasting I imagine. Indeed it would be hard to manually cut out gears, there must be a more clever way, some sort of cookie-cutter style thing, or one of those scissors that cut patterns, and there are punchers for carton decoration one might be able to adapt?
Perhaps something can be found on instructables.com.
Also I’d use something like plastic for those planetary gears, or some sellotape or something on the carrier to make them rotate better, also did I miss what he uses for the axle or did he really also use the same paper? That would not be sturdy/longlasting I imagine.

]]> By: NiñoScript http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53710 NiñoScript Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:37:27 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53710 Well... I'm using a 466MHz PowerPC G4, running MacOSX 10.4 (Tiger), with an ATI's ATY,Rage128PRO (16MB VRAM) and 896MB SDRAM. And guess what, it's not a slideshow :) Not perfectly smooth either, but defenitely not a slideshow. ~~~ about the video, i'm gonna make the planetary gear one :D it's just too cool! if it works, i may try one of those unconvensional not round gear sets, and if that works, i may post a video ^^ Well… I’m using a 466MHz PowerPC G4, running MacOSX 10.4 (Tiger), with an ATI’s ATY,Rage128PRO (16MB VRAM) and 896MB SDRAM.

And guess what, it’s not a slideshow :)
Not perfectly smooth either, but defenitely not a slideshow.

~~~

about the video, i’m gonna make the planetary gear one :D
it’s just too cool!

if it works, i may try one of those unconvensional not round gear sets, and if that works, i may post a video ^^

]]> By: programmable calculator man http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53605 programmable calculator man Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:26:18 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53605 Magnificent! Magnificent!

]]> By: m http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53547 m Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:45:34 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53547 @Cirictech: It sounds like you may have the same problem I had. Nvidia's implemenation of XRender is very poor. If you've got an Nvidia card, you can add the following settings to your ~/.nvidia-settings-rc to give it a small boost: 0/InitialPixmapPlacement=2 0/GlyphCache=1 I recommend that you make the file read-only so that the nvidia-settings utility doesn't remove these lines. @Cirictech:
It sounds like you may have the same problem I had. Nvidia’s implemenation of XRender is very poor. If you’ve got an Nvidia card, you can add the following settings to your ~/.nvidia-settings-rc to give it a small boost:
0/InitialPixmapPlacement=2
0/GlyphCache=1

I recommend that you make the file read-only so that the nvidia-settings utility doesn’t remove these lines.

]]> By: J http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53391 J Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:08:54 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53391 My eee 1000h had no problem veiwing that video at 1.8 ghz with no graphics options. My eee 1000h had no problem veiwing that video at 1.8 ghz with no graphics options.

]]> By: dan http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53378 dan Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:54:16 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53378 If you had a rapid prototyping machine, you could build one of those cards all in one go, requiring no assembly. Would be awesome. If you had a rapid prototyping machine, you could build one of those cards all in one go, requiring no assembly. Would be awesome.

]]> By: twistedsymphony http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53375 twistedsymphony Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:12:29 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53375 runs fine on my IBM T20 (P3 733 w/ s3 mobile graphics and shared 256MB Ram) /me ducks runs fine on my IBM T20 (P3 733 w/ s3 mobile graphics and shared 256MB Ram)

/me ducks

]]> By: sly http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53374 sly Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:54:06 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53374 amd athlon xp 1800+ stock @1.533GHz 1GB Ram and radeon 9600. 8 year old system. plays fine here. make sure your AV software isn't in the middle of an update or you're not using ZoneAlarm's net protection (friggen resource/cpu hog) amd athlon xp 1800+ stock @1.533GHz 1GB Ram and radeon 9600. 8 year old system. plays fine here. make sure your AV software isn’t in the middle of an update or you’re not using ZoneAlarm’s net protection (friggen resource/cpu hog)

]]> By: nightwork http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53352 nightwork Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:58:32 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53352 I am gonna have to go get some card stock now. I wonder if he, or anyone else will post different versions of this idea. Also if someone was willing to invest in the automating this I could see a market for business cards like this. It wouldn't be very difficult either. Spend the money for a die for the gears and you could make a few hundred in an hour or so. anyway, cool idea. I am gonna have to go get some card stock now. I wonder if he, or anyone else will post different versions of this idea. Also if someone was willing to invest in the automating this I could see a market for business cards like this. It wouldn’t be very difficult either. Spend the money for a die for the gears and you could make a few hundred in an hour or so. anyway, cool idea.

]]> By: Jynx http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53337 Jynx Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:21:25 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53337 Runs like a DVD here. Blackbook C2D 2 GHz T7200 and a whole whuppin GMA950 for graphics. Awesome video by the way. I want gear business cards now. Runs like a DVD here.

Blackbook C2D 2 GHz T7200 and a whole whuppin GMA950 for graphics.

Awesome video by the way. I want gear business cards now.

]]> By: tillin9 http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53326 tillin9 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:58:16 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53326 Totally awesome. Too bad I doubt I'd ever be able to cut these out by hand. Anybody have an idea how those of us with less than perfect hand-eye coordination can make these? Totally awesome. Too bad I doubt I’d ever be able to cut these out by hand.

Anybody have an idea how those of us with less than perfect hand-eye coordination can make these?

]]> By: mat http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53324 mat Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:25:52 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53324 Athalon XP 2500 1.8 GHtz (yeah, I have only got the one core) NVidia 5200FX 512 MB of Ram Ubuntu 8.10 Runs just fine here (Okay it hogs the CPU a bit but who cares) and this is my main machine Athalon XP 2500 1.8 GHtz (yeah, I have only got the one core)
NVidia 5200FX
512 MB of Ram
Ubuntu 8.10

Runs just fine here (Okay it hogs the CPU a bit but who cares)

and this is my main machine

]]> By: jesse http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53307 jesse Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:16:36 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53307 hmm, you must be having a pebkac problem or possibly an id-10-t error, runs fine on my bargain basement acer laptop with Ubuntu. I actually prefer the 2 gear version, as it's functional rather than just looking neat. The planetary setup is still pretty sweet though. hmm, you must be having a pebkac problem or possibly an id-10-t error, runs fine on my bargain basement acer laptop with Ubuntu.

I actually prefer the 2 gear version, as it’s functional rather than just looking neat. The planetary setup is still pretty sweet though.

]]> By: amk http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53303 amk Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:08:32 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53303 smooth as hell on this old p4 1.4 running hardy heron. anyway, very neat. I've never seen gears in a business card before. which is a surprise, because it seems like a pretty obvious idea. smooth as hell on this old p4 1.4 running hardy heron.

anyway, very neat. I’ve never seen gears in a business card before. which is a surprise, because it seems like a pretty obvious idea.

]]> By: Pilotgeek http://hackaday.com/2008/12/01/gears-embeded-in-busines-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-53291 Pilotgeek Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:13:06 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=6509#comment-53291 Plays fine on my laptop. 128mb ram, 450mhz processor, Ati Rage Mobility. /No, it's not my primary pc. Plays fine on my laptop.
128mb ram, 450mhz processor, Ati Rage Mobility.
/No, it’s not my primary pc.

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