Author: John

Science For Lovers


With birth rates low, the Japanese government is looking to get into the match making game and at the same time get people interested in science. the new magazine ‘Science Walker’ will be added as an insert in the popular magazine ‘Tokyo Walker‘ (translated version here). The idea is that the science insert will give young couples more things to talk about. I don’t know if it will work but what do they have to lose? I know that if my girlfriend asked me what photosynthesis was or if I read about the latest JAXA mission was, I’d be out looking for a ring the next day.

[via Boingboing] 

Gov’t hopes free science magazine will add chemistry to young lovers’ dates – MSN-Mainichi Daily News

DIY Extension Tube / Reverse Mount for Macro

Everyone needs a good reversing ring and a set of macro tubes for their camera. Now some people choose to buy theirs as I did my reversing ring, but others like to take up the challenge and build their own. Here is a page with instructions on how to build your own reversing ring and tube set. Have fun! 

[via MAKE] 

DIY Extension Tube / Reverse Mount for Macro

ATX Bench Power Supply

I will be building one of these myself shortly. I used to have a nice 25 VDC bench top power supply but a leaky water pipe sent it to electronics heaven. The units looks like to needs a load to stay on, that would normaly be the mother board of a PC but in my casse I think I’ll use a 12V neon case light. Should be hard to forget that I left it on with it glowing like a spent fuel storage pool.

[via MAKE] 

Chris’s Crazy Contraptions

Calssic Calculator, The TI Voyage 200

I remember wanting one of these so bad when they came out, 32 bit CPU, QWERTY keyboard, huge LCD screen, graphing and real time 3D rotation… Man, these were the hottest things out there. Now days I think you can get all that and more in a PDA but they don’t look nearly as cool.

Texas Instruments Voyage 200

See more classics at the Datamath Calculator Museum

Death Star Home Theater

Well, I know if I had a huge home and more money than I knew what to do with I’d have a home theater like this. I’d have a bigger screen though, I’d also want one of those 3-chip DLP projectors. You need real good black levels and absolutely no rainbow distortion if your going to blow, er, I mean ‘invest’ money into a home theater like this. Nothing says ‘I have it where it counts’ than owning a crew served video projector!

[via Digg] 

Dillon Works!