Tentacles and phalanges made from drinking straws

arnie

He human hand is one of the most impressive pieces of machinery - biological, mechanical, or otherwise - that you'll ever lay eyes on.  With two dozen degrees of freedom, the hand can gently caress the most fragile flower petal without bruising it, or beat a hammer into an anvil with tremendous force. Simulating the human hand, however, is quite a challenge that requires dozens of servos and … [Read more...]

POV bauble uses DIY accelerometer to sync the image

pov-with-diy-accelerometer

So we saw this tip come in and thought--oh, another POV device. We watched the video (embedded after the break), took a sip of coffee, then almost sprayed the beverage all over the computer when we realized that this uses a diy sensor to synchronize the POV image. [Ch00f] came up with the idea for the sensor after seeing a similar implementation on a commercial POV toy. Instead of using a … [Read more...]