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Mondo Spider

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 3:08pm MDT by Mike Szczys

This vehicle is aptly named the Mondo Spider. It’s not from some apocalyptic movie, but seen here at Burning Man. Like a lot of Burning Man exhibitions, it was built for the joy of the build and with a rather extreme budget: $15,000. We’ve embedded one of the many videos after the break, as well [...]
Thermos temperature meter

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 2:08pm MDT by Mike Szczys

We’re always a little surprised by how well a vacuum thermos works, but eventually the contents will cool down (or warm up depending on what’s in there). [Gamesh_] added a temperature meter to his thermos using an Arduino and a temperature sensor. The original post is in Portuguese but [Bruno] republished it in English. The temperature [...]
3D printing on a much larger scale

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 12:05pm MDT by Mike Szczys

The end goal of this giant rapid prototyping machine is to print buildings. We’re not holding our breath for a brand new Flintstones-esque abode, but their whimsical suggesting of printed buildings on the moon seems like science fiction with potential. The machine operates similar to a RepRap but instead of plastic parts, it prints stone [...]
Eat your heart out iPad

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 11:04am MDT by Mike Szczys

We don’t remember where we read it, but our favorite criticism of the iPad is that is does the same things a lot of other Apple devices do. So why wait until April to get your hands on that functionality? [Alexbates] built his own iPad clone using existing hardware and software. This started with an [...]
Soil moisture sensing

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 9:00am MDT by Mike Szczys

These plugs are cheap, easy to make, and work well for measuring the moisture content of soil. The Cheap Vegetable Gardener came up with this method in order to add automatic watering to an automated grow system. Plastic tubing is used as a mold for Plaster of Paris. Once the plaster has been poured, two [...]
JeeNode development platform

Posted: March 15th, 2010, 8:16am MDT by Caleb Kraft

It is basically a nice compact layout for an Atmel Atmega 328 with a wireless module. Fully compatible with the Arduino IDE. The JeeNode is available in kit form, but also all schematics and CAD files are available to download. It looks like they are mainly using it for home monitoring and control. So far we’ve seen [...]