Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
With the new Dr. Who episodes zooming around the world these days it’s no wonder that some people have decided to improve on the theme music of the classic show. Here are a few examples of what people have done:
Whomix – Mixups and mashes
Whakazoo – Who on a kazoo?
BBC Radiophonics DIY
This looks to be a useful project. You take an input device (keyboard, lightpen, rocker switch, salty water) and use that to trigger whatever is attached to the AIM (motor, speaker, servo, arc welder, hammer drill…) thus giving the artist an easy way to create output in an art install or what have you. Oh yeah, its DIY and Open Source too!
The Art Interface Device (AID) is a microprocessor platform for building electronic installation art. It can also be used as an interface between such artworks and computers. It can enable artworks to respond to people and the physical environment.
If you have one of these and want to mess with it, you have come to the right place!!!
However, If your like me you will have to read the ‘What is a ZipIt?’, I have never seen one of these things before. After that you might want to browse eBay and see if you can pick one up for a song.
ZipIt Software Reflashing
What is a ZipIt?
A little update on the toxic chicken scare that happened in China a few weeks ago. Looks like there will be a national inspection program put in place for the problem dye. Outstanding! And its still finger lick’n good!
Standard to be set for Sudan I
Three dishes back on KFC menu after dye scare
Some very nice photos from the ROBO-ONE event in Japan. The walking robots are amazing, I can’t wait until someone builds one using R/C sailboat servos. That would give the little guy some pretty good power to do something like run an obstacle course.
7th ROBO-ONE opening and the Korean spirit sweeping over higher rank
Did the Apollo astronauts see strange clouds on the horizon while on the surface of the moon? Could there be an atmosphere on the assumed airless ball of rock that is orbiting our home? Read on for a facinating trek into the world of astro science…