Archive for January, 2008

Mr.grinch

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

Mr.grinch

Awwww yeah

Visualizing the Bible

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Chris Harrison has done some visualization work on the relationships of name in the bible. It’s a large relationship made that he’s done a number of interesting different ways. Quite elegant and beautiful.Chris Harrison - Visualizing the Bible

I can’t wait.

Friday, January 25th, 2008

It looks like O’Reilly has put iPhone Open Application Development up for early purchase as a rough cut. I’m really having a hard time not buying it right now. I’ve been so anxious to get a look at the API for the iPhone and can’t wait to get my hands on it. […]

Open source VGA card

Friday, January 25th, 2008

I’m a big fan of open source, and I’m a big fan of electronics. Naturally this project, MAKE: Low cost open source VGA compatible video card sparked my interest. It’s an open hardware VGA card. Meaning that if you were so inclined you could buy all the component parts, download the eagle […]

PS3 Cell Programming

Friday, January 25th, 2008

MIT in it’s infinite wisdom has already made all it’s courses available online via Open Course Ware. Since they’ve done this they’ve now released the material for their 6.189 Multicore Programming Primer: PS3 Cell Programming. Dig in and learn some parallel algorithm and other geeky things.

Sugar and Yeast Power Generator

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Here’s an interesting prototype of a generator using rotational motion, powered by sugar and yeast. It sounds like it just causes an imbalance in the system and gravity does the rest. I don’t think that he’s hooked a generator up to it yet, but it’s still an interesting concept. I’m powered by […]

“Cloud” digital sculpture

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Check out this MAKE: Blog: “Cloud” digital sculpture found by make. The YouTube video is astounding. It’s really quite hypnotic and certainly captivating. It’s not only a beautiful art piece but no minor engineering feat.

Teen Takes On Donor’s Immune System

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

There is a child who has taken on the immune system and blood type of the donor of her replacement liver. Speculation is stem cells in the liver have replaced her marrow and hence replaced her blood to mimic the blood of the donor. This has had similar effect on the immune system […]

Wooden bike

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

In Lee Valley Tools - Woodworking Newsletter Vol. 2, Issue 2 a 16 year old kid from Quebec, has created a fully wooden bicycle. It’s quite amazing. He talks about the challenge of making the chain which was certainly the hardest part. It’s quite esthetically pleasing, but I can’t imagine it’s easy […]

Opto-Isolator - Flong

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

It’s an eyeball that just follows you around the room. It’s X-eye. It’s creepy, it’s awesome. It’s even set to blink one second after the person looking at it blinks. Get creaped out by Opto-Isolator - Flong. Kind of makes me want to remake one.

Everyone has an inner n-rd.