Print the best macot, win a shiny new Makerbot

September 9, 2011

If you’ve always wanted a 3D printer, here’s your chance to win one. Makerbot Industries wants the Internets to design a new mascot for them. The contest winner will receive a Makerbot Thing-o-matic.
Don’t worry about a chicken or egg situation …

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Print the best mascot, win a shiny new Makerbot

September 9, 2011

If you’ve always wanted a 3D printer, here’s your chance to win one. Makerbot Industries wants the Internets to design a new mascot for them. The contest winner will receive a Makerbot Thing-o-matic.
Don’t worry about a chicken or egg situation …

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Team in Training Fundraiser TONIGHT!

September 8, 2011

    As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Becky is doing the Seagull Century Bike Ride this fall for Team in Training, to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  She’s done a few fundraising events, and tonight she has an event at Panda Express at 168th and Maple, where 20% of your food purchase [...]

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Handlebar Camera Bracket

September 8, 2011

Tonight, I finally got around to finishing up the Handlebar Camera Mount project.  The mount consists of a hunk of printed PLA, sawed in half, and bolted back together around the handlebars. At the moment, I have a piece of rubber tape wrapped around the bar, under the mount, to keep it from slipping, but [...]

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Beginner Concepts: MOSFETs

September 7, 2011

[Moser's] introductory guide to MOSFETs serves as a quick introduction for those unfamiliar with the parts. They fill a similar role as a bipolar junction transistor like the 2N2222, making it possible to switch large loads. But fundamentally they are…

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Beginner Concepts: MOSFETs

September 7, 2011

[Moser's] introductory guide to MOSFETs serves as a quick introduction for those unfamiliar with the parts. They fill a similar role as a bipolar junction transistor like the 2N2222, making it possible to switch large loads. But fundamentally they are…

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Making materials transparent by doing nothing

September 6, 2011

When you shine light on a substance, part of the light is reflected, part is transmitted, and part is absorbed. If you choose the color of light and the substance sensibly, you can arrange things so that all the light is a…

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Making materials transparent by doing nothing

September 6, 2011

When you shine light on a substance, part of the light is reflected, part is transmitted, and part is absorbed. If you choose the color of light and the substance sensibly, you can arrange things so that all the light is a…

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$33 Board Turns Your Bare LCD Into Working Monitor

September 6, 2011

This is a question we hear a lot: “I have a spare LCD panel; what else do I need to make a monitor?”
This Chinese eBay seller has the cheapest out-of-the-box solution I’ve seen: If your LCD panel is in the list, send ‘em $33 and they’ll se…

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$33 Board Turns Your Bare LCD Into Working Monitor

September 6, 2011

This is a question we hear a lot: “I have a spare LCD panel; what else do I need to make a monitor?”
This Chinese eBay seller has the cheapest out-of-the-box solution I’ve seen: If your LCD panel is in the list, send ‘em $33 and they’ll se…

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