Link dump: May 8, 2008
May 8, 2008 Link dump
Here are a few interesting things I noticed in my RSS Feeds.
- First person RC flying kit
- PCB Drill - a PCB machine you can pretty much make yourself
- Phone Sheep - don’t think, just take a look for yourself
- DIY Solar lantern
- Microcontroller Programming - an intro by those at Make
- Rube Goldberg machines - always fun, videos of the National Rube Goldberg Machine contest held at Purdue University
- Beyond Simple Photodiodes and Phototransistors - Electronic Design article talking about high performance optical sensors
Tags: electronics, gadgets, Link dump, microcontroller, PCB, project, RC
10 Baffling Computer Gagdgets
Again from Cracked.com, The 10 Most Baffling Computer Gadgets Money Can Buy. I had heard of some of these before and thought to myself “what’s the point?” The ones I hadn’t heard of made me ask myself the same question while shaking my head. All but the Roll-Up Keyboard which I think is a useful gadget. I guess necessity isn’t the only mother of invention, though. For the list and a description of exactly what those things do, check out the full article.
Tags: Cracked.com, gadgets, USB