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Remember the fan-made iWatch concept from a few months back? Well, thanks to an official Apple accessory, the new iPod Nano can be transformed into a real-life iWatch, perfect for keeping time, enjoying videos, and more. Click here for first picture in gallery. Continue reading to watch the new iPod Nano commercial.

Sure, battery life will be a problem when you leave that screen on the whole...

MAKE Magazine

Pete McKenna and Steve McGrath, with help from others, have built a multi-tool CNC at the Hack Factory in Minneapolis. It began as a CNC inspection machine that someone donated to the hackerspace. When I was at the HF on Wednesday the guys had it set up to draw with a Sharpie, and they also tested out a rotary tool as well. After I left, they attached Jon Barclay's blue laser and did some...

Boing Boing

An unnamed artist transformed a worn antique tabriz wool rug into a wonderful, fanciful bear rug. I imagine the reported "repaired knots and moth damage" just enhance its charm. 87" x 59", $1800 from CS Post.

Repurposed Antique Tabriz Wool Rug (via Make)

Hack a Day

[Harvey] wrote in to share the Spindicator with us. The spindicator is a hard drive activity activity indicator built in a ring to resemble a dekatron. Using the pulses from the hard drive activity LED, [Harvey] tested several different methods of interpreting that data for display. The final version, negative edge triggered with a lowpass filter can be seen after the break.  It is nice and...

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Knifemaker Scott Roush (aka Makers Market seller Big Rock Forge) first put me on to the work of Arizona bladesmith Tai Goo. Forging a knife out of a railroad spike is an old blacksmith trick, and lots of folks will sell you lower quality "tourist grade" RR spike knives as souvenirs, but Tai Goo is widely regarded as the master of the form. Besides his evident skill, Tai Goo is a minimalist. ...

Engadget

Silicon oxide has long played the sidekick, insulating electronics from damage, but scientists at Rice University have just discovered the dielectric material itself could become a fantastic form of storage. Replacing the 10-nanometer-thick strips of graphite used in previous experiments with a layer of SiOx, graduate student Jun Yao discovered the latter material worked just as well, creating ...

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It's time again to fire up the ol' grill. Check out this itsy bitsy BBQ grill made out of an Altoids Sours tin. Instructables user vmspionage was inspired to build the little guy after seeing the eBq. [via Slashgear]

More:

• How-To: Spruce up an old BBQ
• USB BBQ
• How-To: Make your own BBQ sauce

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Researchers at the NanoRobotics Laboratory of the École Polytechnique de Montréal, under Professor Sylvain Martel, produced this remarkable video showing a swarm of about 5,000 flagellated bacteria--of a type which are subject to manipulation by magnetic fields--being directed to assemble six 100 μM epoxy bricks into the shape of a tiny step pyramid. IEEE Spectrum explains:

The bacteria, of a...

Design*Sponge

hello friends! it’s that time again! today on before and after basics we are going to chat about stencils, and the fantastic possibilities they create in the area of furniture. for this particular project today i chose large letter stencils {found at my local craft store} and created the word “eat” on an old pub table. i would like to add that there are many different ways to do this process...

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This veeeeery devious concealment, which opens with a detachable magnetic clasp, is one of eight produced by design student Yi-Ting Ching as part of her Master's thesis called Secret Stash 2010. There's also a Flickr set and a slickly-produced video.

More:

• Secret knock-detecting workshop door
• Grand Central's secret train station
• Secret playroom access through armoire
• Secret bar in office
• Secret...

technabob

…but they’re not for sale either. Not yet anyway.

This wonderfully apt creation was made by redditor TriangleMen’s friend using “a CnC table and spare time/metal.” The picture below would have been more awesome if they placed the bookends and books on the opposite sides of a wall.

To TriangleMen’s friend: Etsy, dude, Etsy. Make a couple (hundred) more and you’ll probably get enough funds for...

Edinburgh local news | guardian.co.uk

Authors Rankin, MacPhail and Paterson pick theirs tonight at Central Library

Edinburgh's crime writing king Ian Rankin will be at the Central Library this evening to help unveil Scotland's favourite book of the summer.

He and fellow writers Cathy MacPhail and Don Paterson will discuss their favourite books after being shortlisted for the Tesco Bank Summer Read, a nationwide poll running in 544 ...

Tech Blog

Modder Rick Prescott converted a standard Nerf Vulcan EBF-25TM into an autonomous, heat-seeking sentry gun for MAKE's weird gadget contest. Technically speaking, "Prescott paired a Nerf Vulcan machinge gun with some Devantech TPA81 thermo sensors and a ATmega168 microcontroller." Video after the break.

...he says he has "grand plans to deploy the infrared seeking sentinel facing the entrance of...

Culture:Japan - Your portal to Japan : Main Feed

When you stick the kanji "Ita" [痛] in front of a noun, you get a new word that describes something that is plastered with 2D girls. For example:-
痛車 "Itasha" (Moe car) > example
痛チャリ "Itachari" (Moe Bicycle) > example
痛部屋 "Itabeya" (Moe room) > example

And now we have Ita Controller [痛コントローラー] as made by Itabeya-san.

Itabeya-san made this 360 Ita controller to go with his Ita-Xbox covered with...

Tech Blog

Geek may not be synonymous with fashion, but these 18 examples might be the exception. While not very practical or stylish for everyday wear, these fashion accessories most certainly make a fashion statement, and a geeky one at that. Click here to see them all.

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Boing Boing

These Woody Guthrie-themed pencils are emblazoned "This Machine Kills Fascists," the motto Guthrie famously inscribed upon his guitar. Not sure how they compare to Blackwings, though!

These machines kill fascists(Thanks, Sara the Teacher!)

MAKE Magazine

With the exception of my couch, every piece of furniture in my home is something I built, or heavily modified, myself. This is both a source of personal pride and a bit of a pain, because if I want more furniture for whatever purpose, I'm sort of obliged, at this point, to build instead of buying. My mattress has been on the floor for years, but lately I've been thinking it's time to commit t...