Here’s a weekend project for you from Make Magazine: An electronic whack-a-mole game!
“The build involves over 100 individual components and also includes instructions on how to etch your own Printed Circuit Board (PCB), making this our first real Weekend Project, one that will take most makers the weekend to complete.”
“We are moving from the information age to the insight age, where it’s not just data that matters, but finding ways to use it. These are uncharted waters and the needs of the computing systems that will discover these insights are remarkably different from the computing systems we use today.
It is not a surprise that the computer industry is building chip with more cores to keep up with influx of data and the need to process it faster. Adding cores is a way to boost the number of processors and make a chip … Read More → "Should more cores equal less accuracy?"
This could really accelerate cottage industry manufacturing! I’m going to make my own set of dice right now…
… Read More → "This could really accelerate cot"I know that people have been expecting this, but it’s still a bit of a shock. No matter what you thought of him, he changed things. Check out his Stanford Commencement address: http://www.43folders.com/2011/01/17/permission-to-be-awesome
… Read More → "I know that people have been exp"“Researchers at Cornell University have launched EndlessForms, a website that lets users create sculptures virtually and render them in physical form. The site demonstrates a technology that designers could use to create new products and accelerate the broader adoption of 3-D printing.
People can use EndlessForms without any prior 3-D design experience. The user begins by choosing an object from a randomly generated gallery. The site creates a new gallery of variants of the chosen object, and the user selects one of the variants. The process repeats, … Read More → "New website could accelerate the adoption of 3-D printing"
“If you’ve never thought about describing a robotic limb as sleek and sexy then you’ve never met Handroid. The latest production of Japan-based ITK, Handroid is a five fingered robot hand that moves smoothly using cables attached to motors in the forearm rather than bulky servos embedded in each digit.” via Singularity Hub
“Starting in 1995, Frank Kovac took ten years constructing a mechanical globe planetarium of his own design despite having no prior engineering experience. The Kovac Planetarium in Monico Wisconsin is only the fourth of its kind ever built as well as being the largest in history at 4000 pounds and 22 feet in diameter.” via Make Magazine
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“Ogilvy & Mather created ‘Tamiya Put It Together’, a series of print ads for Japanese plastic model kit company Tamiya that illustrate popular conspiracy theories in the form of a plastic model kits. The ads include conspiracy theories forRoswell, JFK Assassination , Elivs, Marilyn Monroe and the Moon Landing.” via Laughing Squid
I wish these were real objects. Click here to see the rest of ’em.
< … Read More → "Conspiracy theories illustrated using plastic model kits"Here is his letter to the Apple board of directors and the community overall.
Letter from Steve Jobs
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.
I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would … Read More → "Steve Jobs resigns as CEO from Apple"
