Beating Heart Headband
Build a pulse-sensing headband that flashes a heart-shaped LED display to the beating of your heart! Consider the Source
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Arduino “Counter Intelligence” II
Arduino project for catching my cats on the kitchen counter, while they’re up there doing food intelligence work π Arduino nano in iPod Touch box. Switch arms toy gun, Knob controls trigger distance. Opto-isolators fire toy gun. Maxbotic ultrasonic rangefinder senses distance and determines if sonar field has been interrupted ( by cat). The gun … Read more
Those Rascally Free Radicals
Our bodies are heat-generating machines that depend on oxygen to carry out basic metabolic functions. One of the by-products of this use of oxygen, or βoxidation,β is oxygen molecules that have been transformed into what are known as βfree radicals.β Free radicals are generated by the bodyβs own metabolic systems. In addition, the environment is … Read more
Getting Into Robotics
The Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. is an independent non-profit organization founded by members of the global robotics community. The mission of the OSR Foundation is to support the development, distribution, and adoption of open source software for use in robotics research, education, and product development. One major project is ROS (Robot Operating System) which … Read more
You Have the Power!
You no longer have to win an election, be an elite athlete, or possess movie star looks to have power. We are entering the age of the Citizen Influencer, in which every person has a chance to get behind the velvet rope and be treated like a rock star. So says author Mark W. Schaefer … Read more
Stonehenge Reloaded
A Michigan man moves massive blocks in his backyard using simple contraptions. Visit W. T. Wallington’s website at: http://www.theforgottentechnology.com/
James Bond Theme by Robot Quadrotors
Flying robot quadrotors perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame. The quadrotors play this “couch guitar” by flying over guitar strings stretched across a couch frame; plucking the strings with a stiff wire … Read more
Bringing About a High Degree of Economic Justice
In the 1930s, after a prolonged nonviolent struggle, Sweden and Norway βfiredβ the top 1 percent of people who set the direction for society and thereby created the basis for something different. When the 1 percent was in charge, both countries had a history of horrendous poverty as hundreds of thousands emigrated to avoid starvation. … Read more
Ascension Cafe’s Applesauce from the Cosmic Windfall
Ascension Cafe’s Applesauce from the Cosmic Windfall #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Heavenly Appetiser Author: The Appreciator Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1 hour Serves: 12 Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit … Read more
Ascension Cafeβs Enrapturing Amaretto Truffles
Ascension Cafeβs Enrapturing Amaretto Truffles #ratingval# from #reviews# reviews Print Recipe Type: Dessert Author: ANG Prep time: 2 hours Total time: 2 hours Serves: 12 Is this is a dessert to die for, or one of the truly great incentives for living? Ingredients 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened 2 egg yolks 2 cups semi-sweet … Read more