Jensemanns stuff

45 Creative Resumes to Seize Attention

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:53 GMT

Are you one of those job seekers who have been sending far too many resumes and been hit with far too many disappointment? The problem may not lie with your qualification or skills set. Employer filters tons of resumes on daily basis, only the outstanding ones get noticed. creative resumes. A creative resume is fairly important. Not only it resembles your personality, it also speaks your...

Bones!: Awesome UV-Light Sensitive Tattoo

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:34 GMT

Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome

I've known UV light tattoos have existed for awhile, but I've never seen such good use of the idea until Matty posted this picture on Geekologie's Facebook page. So yeah, props to whoever this is having them go all the way to the fingernail, I'd figure that would hurt. Of course, I said the same thing about jumping in front of a bus to save an old lady group of elementary schoolchildren on a ...

Tiny Sensor Listens For Gunshots, Identifying The Gun and Location [Military]

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:10:00 GMT

Gizmodo

This is the gear that gets our troops excited. Microflown Technologies' tiny sensor listens for the sounds of war by measuring particles in the air. Then it reports what weapon made the sound and where that sound originated.

The sensor uses a technology, developed by Microflown, called acoustic vector sensing. AVS heats two 200-nanometer wide platinum strips to 200 degrees Celsius and measures h...

Neat demonstration of proportional and PID control systems

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:00:00 GMT

MAKE Magazine

Spotted in the MAKE Forums:

Liam built this impressive robot, then used it to demonstrate the difference between proportional and PID control. The robot is designed to stay a certain distance from an object, and uses two Sharp IR distance sensors to track it's position. The system looks like it is working great, however he is noticing some variability in the output of the distance sensors he i...

Hardware sorting box

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:05:20 GMT

MAKE Magazine

Rachel @ CRAFT points us to this drawer set with graduated boxes for proper and easy hardware storage, what a neat idea!

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Revolutions in Model Making conference

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:31:00 GMT

MAKE Magazine

The Association of Professional Model Makers (APMM) 2010 conference, "Revolutions in Model Making - Creating the Future Faster," will be held on March 26-29, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Cambridge, MA.

The conference's keynote speaker is Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms and author of FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop -- From Personal Computers to...

MakerBot CupCake Heated Extrusion Bed Part 1: McWire PCB Heater

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:55 GMT

Keith's Electronics Blog

Over the holiday break, I had written about using a hairdryer to heat my CupCake build chamber.

On January 11, 2010, Tom McGuire wrote:

Hey Keith, I haven’t caught up with your blog for some time. Looks like you got a lot done in the last couple weeks. It’s good to see you’re getting results from your CupCake.
Can I help you with a hot plate? I could make you a thin aluminum plate about 4″ square...

Neat visualizer built using simple circuit

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:00 GMT

MAKE Magazine

Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool:

Flickr user zeni666 made this neat visualizer using an Arduino, oscilloscope, and homemade resistor ladder. Here's what the setup looks like:

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House in Sakuragawa

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:58:00 GMT

Blue Ant Studio

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Books for Learning FPGA Design

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:49:50 GMT

adafruit industries blog

From Jeri – Here are a few books that would be a starting point for someone interested in FPGA / CPLD / ASIC design… post your faves in the comments!

Super Mario Brothers with an Arduino

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT

MAKE Magazine

Although this is still a work in progress, I think it's great! All you need is an Arudino, a few buttons, and an 8x8 LED matrix to make you own simplified version of this arcade classic. What's next Halo? Let's hope so! More information, including the Arduino code, can be found in the Vimeo description.

This is a game project for S10-05833 - Gadgets, Sensors, and Activity Recognition in HCI...

Dirt-cheap robotics prototyping environment with Android

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:00 GMT

MAKE Magazine

Tim Heath and Ryan Hickman's Truckbot could be built for under $20 (excluding mobile). That's pretty impressive for such an open and accessible robotics prototyping environment. Using a laser-cut cardboard chassis, $3 micro servos, and a bare bones Arduino, the duo have assembled one of the cheapest platforms to come along in a while. [via GadgetLab]

One of the main reasons for using cell...

DCA: freshwater factory

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:09:00 GMT

Designboom - Weblog

'freshwater factory'

parisian firm design crew for architecture (DCA) created 'freshwater factory',
a proposal for the 2010 skyscraper competition.

as they were looking for the redefinition of the term 'skyscraper' through the use of
new programs, we decided to look for somewhere else to implement a skyscraper.
obviously, it has to be the countryside. the main question we ...

the art of chess

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:12:00 GMT

Designboom - Weblog

'modern chess set', rachel whiteread 2005

'the art of chess' is an exhibition of seven chess sets created by a group of contemporary
artist including jake and dinos chapman, tracey emin, tom friedman, damien hirst, barbara kruger,
alastair mackie and rachel whiteread. each artist infused their own interpretation of the board
game in real dimensions.

the exhibition is set to open on the 49th...

Deep Sea Exploring

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:14:17 GMT

Yanko Design

Fluke is a diving robot designed for the deep abyss. The data collected serves to deepen our understanding of the ocean as an ecosystem. The research probes are equipped with flexible, pressure-resistant carriers suitable for holding various sensors in order to prepare for the respective missions. Extremely effective and featuring reduced energy consumption, the low-complexity drive system...

SciFi-Actionshort: Regen

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:22 GMT

Nerdcore

(Youtube Direktregen, via Buzzfeed)

Schöner Kurzfilm von Michael Chaves, Mahalo hat mehr Infos, ein Making Of und Outtakes.

Motoruino for creative robotics (arduino compatible board)

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:27:44 GMT

Let's Make Robots! - Let's Make Robots!

New Paradigms And Old Habits

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:04:33 GMT

Geek And Poke

LEGO Toy Story Army Men Are a Surgical Strike of Nostalgia [Lego]

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:59:05 GMT

Gizmodo

Remember those cheap green plastic army men? The ones that were in Toy Story? And in your grubby toddler hands? Now available in a LEGO version for $11, they're ready to melt your meta-meta-heart...with a lighter. Medic! [LEGO]

Valve kündigt Steam und die Game-Engine Source für den Mac an

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:04:48 GMT

fscklog

Valve bestätigte heute, dass sowohl die Spieledistributionsplattform Steam sowie die Game-Engine Source ihren Weg auf den Mac finden werden. Im April steht dadurch der Steam-Client sowie Valves Spieleangebot, darunter die Half-Life-Reihe, Counter Strike, Team Fortress 2, Portal und Left 4 Dead 2, für Mac OS X in nativer Form bereit und Steam wird um 'Steam Play' erweitert: Dies erlaubt es...

Printruder II

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:15:34 GMT

Pleasant Hardware

My first design of a printable extruder (the “Printruder”) was quite a success. Not only that I printed lots of objects with it, there are also several other MakerBot operators, using a Printruder successfully as a drop in replacement for the MakerBot Extruder MK3/MK4.

Nevertheless, I tried to simplify the design of the Printruder since a while for several reasons:

Reducing the number of parts...

Und der BDK weinte bitterlich

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:08:30 GMT

fxneumann · Blog von Felix Neumann

(Quelle: @marax79 via Twitpic)

Selten habe ich eine Pressemeldung mit so viel Vergnügen gelesen wie die jüngste des Bundes der deutschen Kriminalbeamten, einen offenen »Brief des Bundesvorsitzenden i.S. Vorratsdatenspeicherung an Bundeskanzlerin Frau Dr. Merkel«.

Weinerlich legt der große Vorsitzende dar, daß der Untergang des Abendlandes droht. (Man möchte ihn in den Arm nehmen und ihm zum...

Trying to establish a relationship between the value of a product and its inf...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:24:23 GMT

Trying to establish a relationship between the value of a product and its information-theoretical entropy.

Restore a Scratched-Up iPhone with Sandpaper [IPhone]

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Lifehacker

iPhones are scratch-resistant, but life throws some tough stuff at our phones. One MacRumors user, owning a phone that looks pretty beat, demonstrates the full process of restoring his phone with sandpaper and a new LCD kit.

The poster makes a point of noting that on most phones, you'll only want to use a rougher sandpaper to try and remove 90 percent of the scratches, not get to a completely...

The World's Greatest Dungeons & Dragons Room [D&d]

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT

Kotaku

Devon Burntwire has, for the last two years, been working on a little project: a custom room, designed solely for games of Dungeons & Dragons. It's now finished, and it's amazing.

In addition to the obvious things, like the table and "library" storage for game and rule books, the room is full of other neat tricks, like a portcullis, hidden sound system and, best of all, the room's lighting (and ...

Thesis writing is more intense than you might think. I need more coffee.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:19:13 GMT

Thesis writing is more intense than you might think. I need more coffee.

Photo

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:41:43 GMT

Yimmys Yayo™

RT @CADjunky: Well Its About Frickin Time: Commercial Jetpack Hitting The Mar...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:05:28 GMT

RT @CADjunky: Well Its About Frickin Time: Commercial Jetpack Hitting The Market For $75,000 www.geekologie.com/...

Fade-Out

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:55:06 GMT

Thinking for a Living

Nendo does it again with the Fade-Out Chair. Realizing that our perception of furniture is heavily influenced by the space around it, Nendo decided to turn this relationship on its head with a chair that changes the look and feel of a space it’s placed within. Fade-Out’s back and seat are constructed of wood and the clear acrylic legs use trompe d’oeil to gradually fade into what seems to be a ...

Reprappable electronics

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:55:04 GMT

RepRap: Blog

Rhys is progressing on both the conducting paste and the deposited low-temperature alloy route to getting RepRap to print circuitry.

So I have been working on a set of Mendel electronics that ought to be simple enough for the machine to reprap when we get the capability.

My prototype is shown above (between the Arduino and the stepper motor). It is so simple that, in fact, it's quite easy to...

Bad hair day.

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:08:25 GMT

Bad hair day.

Sketch-A-Day 98: Exploded Robotic Head

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:01:37 GMT

Sketch-A-Day

Ballpoint Pen on 8.5″x11″ Bond Paper

Voluptuous Pillow Chairs

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:46:10 GMT

Instructables: exploring

Okay, full disclosure here. I didn't go into this project thinking "I'm going to make an enormous pair of bosoms to hang in my living room. They're gonna be SWEET!!!" I promise, I did not think that. I actually just wanted to make a couple of bean bag-style pillow chairs. I had been saving up ev...
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Tsukiji & Hamarikyu Gardens

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:50:00 GMT

dannychoo.com - Your portal to Japan

Located in Tsukiji [築地] is the Tsukiji Fish Market which is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in the world. The market opens at 3 am for trading where over 400 different types of seafood exchange hands.
Tuna auctions take place at about 05:20 and end at 07:00-ish. Many gaijin tourists used to come to watch the auctions but due to a few lame individuals who cause trouble, tourists...

Coffee-Powered "Carpuccino" Infuriates Car Lovers, Coffee Lovers, Pun Lovers [Cars]

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:00:00 GMT

Gizmodo

Point: As my fellow Jalopnik readers would agree, the thought of an au-to-MO-bile running on some coffee beans is equally laughable and insulting. Counterpoint: As my fellow coffee drinkers would agree, this is an utter disgrace to our holy bean.

Countercounterpoint: Carpuccino? Really?

A while ago we read that coffee-based biofuels were feasible. Knowing the internet as we do, we figured it was ...

Meccano/Nexus One lava-lamp-testing centrifuge!

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

MAKE Magazine

Neil Fraser's Lava Lamp Centrifuge is 10' across, weighs 50 pounds, and spins at 42 rpm generating 3 Gs. It uses a Nexus One's accelerometer to measure g-force. Excellent!

Will lava lamps work in a high-gravity environment such as Jupiter? This topic spawned considerable lunch-time discussion and no clear consensus emerged. Most people initially assumed that the wax would sink to the bottom and ...

florian kallus: table and lamp

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:00:00 GMT

Designboom - Weblog

'table & lamp'

'table & lamp' by german designer florian kallus combines a drafting table and lighting
unit into one piece of furniture. the lamp fused to the leg of the drafting table conforms
to the user's needs by rotating.

'table & lamp'

'table & lamp'

'table & lamp', the design is made from ash wood, textile cable, chintz and thermo resined panels

detail of lamp head

detail of lamp head
...

The Life and Times of Ron English

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:00:09 GMT

Nerdcore

Juxtapoz hat einen zweiteiligen, ziemlich interessanten Artikel über Ron English (der sich mittlerweile auch endlich mal ‘ne vernünftige Website inklusive Blog angeschafft hat), einem der berühmtesten Vertreter des Culture Jamming (Wikipedia).

The first groups to twist advertising were the French Situationists, best known for the work of Guy DeBord, and the Punk and Pop movements. But when...

DIY Scratch-Off Business Cards

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:00:00 GMT

Tech Blog

File this under: cool business cards. Instructables user "bofthem" wanted to break away from the standard design and create something unique, like a scratch-off business card. In a nutshell, you'll need to come up with a design, make a stamp for it, screenprint, press the stamp, and then cut, package, and ship the business cards. Tutorial page. Video after the break.

Experimenting with Cuprous Oxide diodes

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MAKE Magazine

Pete Friedrichs, author of the can't-be-recommended-highly-enough Voice of the Crystal and Instruments of Amplification (which I review in MAKE Volume 21), has posted online his two-part article "Fun With Homebrew Cuprous Oxide Diodes," which originally appeared in the Xtal Set Society Newsletter. In it, he shows you how to build an old-school Cuprous Oxide-based radio detector (diode) using...