This is why digital picture frames were invented
[Petros] sent in this video of his visualization of Van Gogh’s Starry Night. He did this with openFrameworks and also made a version that reacts to sound. Is anyone else reminded of that one scene in Vincent and the Doctor?
A boat’s a boat, but a mystery box can be anything
[Rick] wanted to build a lock pick training station for the Eugene Maker Space, but he needed a way to make it interesting. What could be better than a mystery box? When you pick the deadbolt, open the box up and you’ll get a prize. Just make sure you put something of yours in the box for the next person.
3D printer prints its own case
Because the 3d printer community isn’t segmented enough, [Sublime] decided to design a new one. Here’s where it gets cool: the Tantillus can print its own case, and can ‘daisy chain’ to another Tantillus so only one set of electronics are needed. Interesting ideas afoot.
A diamond says I love you, but a duct tape rose says I’ll fix that for you
Valentine’s Day is coming up, so if you haven’t already made dinner reservations, you’re probably up the creek. How about making a duct tape rose for that special person in your life. Bonus: a dozen costs $3, and they won’t die in a week.
Using keypads over serial or SPI
[Leniwiec] sent in a tutorial on connecting keypads to a microcontroller with a serial or SPI interface. If you want to build a calculator, this is your chance. We’d use this for an Apollo Guidance Computer, though.
+1 if you watched the whole starry night video! That was awexome ;-)
The mystery box is also a very clever idea. Kind of like a geocache, without the GPS part.. hackercache?
The mystery box build log is very well detailed! Great job! I just read the whole thing to my son and now he wants to make one… so do I ;-)
That’s great! Good luck on your build. You should put some photos online when you are done so I can see what you come up with.
I think it would be a great idea to hide one of these lockpick boxes as a GeoCache. So not only do you have to locate the box, but you have to pick it open to get to the loot. I wonder if anyone else has done that already?
The starry night video was amazing!
I feel like if Van Gogh could see this, he would approve.
I love the rose… Excellent job. And pretty.
Nothing says I love you almost as much as the dollar store as a duct tape rose.
A boat’s a boat, but a mystery box can be anything. it could even be a boat!
Nice links. Got to try the ducktape roses.
Duct tape not ducktape :P
It doesn’t pay to be a know-it-all because some other know-it-all will point out that you are wrong ;-)
http://duckbrand.com/Products/duck-tape/standard-duck-tapes/utility-grade-duck-tape.aspx
+1 if you got the Family Guy reference
Tantillus?
Ah the romance of a rose that stinks like Duck/duct tape, and a Sharpie. ;)
Wait, so do your valentines dates usually die a week after you give them flowers?
I watched the whole starry night video. It was pretty awesome. I think it would look pretty cool running (on a loop) in a digital picture frame on a wall. Can the cheaper ones refresh fast enough for that kind of motion?
+1 family guy