n-rd » technology http://blog.n-rd.com Everyone has an inner n-rd. Mon, 24 May 2010 14:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Holographic head projection music video http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/23/holographic-head-projection-music-video/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/23/holographic-head-projection-music-video/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:26:51 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=305 Some swearing at the end so be careful. I don’t know how they did this but it’s amazing.

Make: Online : Holographic head projection music video

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Hands-on: D&D on the Microsoft Surface

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2010/02/20/dd-on-the-microsoft-surface/feed/ 0 How (analog) traffic lights work http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/29/how-analog-traffic-lights-work/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/29/how-analog-traffic-lights-work/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:54:02 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=277 Make has a neat video they’ve found about how traffic lights work. Mostly analog, but talking about the solid state version toward the end.

Make: Online : How (analog) traffic lights work

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For the world to be interesting, you have to be manipulating it all… – but does it float

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ESA – Mars Express – Pioneering images of both martian moons – images

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In Pictures: ‘Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Debut’ – Monsters and Critics

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/08/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-debut/feed/ 0 Wall-mounted exploding/reassembling picture frame machine http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/05/wall-mounted-explodingreassembling-picture-frame-machine/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/12/05/wall-mounted-explodingreassembling-picture-frame-machine/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:19:19 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=244 That’s a mouth full but it’s a pretty awesome little machine. A clock like this would be a pretty neat idea.

Make: Online : Wall-mounted exploding/reassembling picture frame machine

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Stonehenge: virtual 3D animation – Boing Boing

]]> http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/11/28/stonehenge/feed/ 0 Jacob’s Ladder: 500kV Switch Opening http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/11/27/jacobs-ladder-500kv-switch-opening/ http://blog.n-rd.com/2009/11/27/jacobs-ladder-500kv-switch-opening/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:25:53 +0000 Adam http://blog.n-rd.com/?p=229 Awesome video of a substation producing a Jacob’s ladder. I have no idea why this happened, I’d assume some kind of break down that allowed it. It is pretty spectacular.

YouTube – Jacob’s Ladder: 500kV Switch Opening

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Digital Displays at Adler Planetarium BizTech Magazine

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