Well, it's once again that fantasmical time where we recap all the neat stuff we've been up to over the last week. There's nothing massively huge to announce today, but there are a few odds and ends... It's March, and St. Patrick's day is almost among us. For those of you who like to celebrate […]
Wednesday Links: Flashlights, Lanternbot...
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March 19, 2014
Spring this year seems to be short on sunshine. To compensate for that, today's post is full of shiny things. And butterflies. Butterflies are always a good addition.
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Tilt Beam Flashlight Cute build, a diffuser of some sort would be a nice addition though, unless used for interrogation purposes. (by [Zach DeBord], via Hackaday) |
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Soft Squeezable Flashlight ... for all the nightwalkers. Never step on a cat and blind the sleeping. (Molli, by Jung Soo Park) |
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Robot Garden Lights There's something creepy about the idea of a garden secretly rearranging itself while you are not looking. (Via IEEESpectrum) |
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Macro Butterfly Wings ...look like miniature versions of wings. Fractals everywhere! (By Linden Gledhill, via Designboom) |
Rainbows, unicorns and pixie dust coming next.
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