The web site Data Pointed is run by Stephen Von Worley who is an artist and scientist specializing in data visualization research. He has created a Factor Conga which he describes as
a promenade of primes, composites, and their constituents, arranged with an aesthetically-tuned variation of Yorgey’s rules, one per second.
Check out the Animated Factorized Visualization, which appears to be all done with javascript.
There’s a Kickstarter project that Andrew Plumb (@clothbot) backed and caught my attention. It is a wrist-band watched based on an e-ink display. The battery cell looks like it can provide about a month worth of charge. A very unique looking watch and for an (apparently) limited time, there is a $100 reward level. As Andrew said, it might be worth it to just take the watch apart!
One of the projects I really wanted to get back to when I joined the Austin TechShop was my Reflow Oven based on a Toaster Oven. The first prototype I made was a mess of AC wiring boxes with an Arduino sitting on the side. While the oven did work, it was far from pretty. Making use of the laser cutter, large workspaces, and friendly members at TS Austin, I was finally able to put together my 2nd prototype.
For Christmas this year, I decided to do something different for my immediate family. Instead of trading gift cards like we usually do, I decided to put to use the Laser Cutter at my Local TechShop. When done, I decided to use iMovie on my iPhone to make a mini trailer…
As your schematics grow in complexity, it isn’t always possible to draw simple connections between chips or devices. Sometimes it isn’t possible to put two parts next to each other like a pin header and I/O chip meaning that wires have to run all over the schematic to make the connection. That gets messy quick and not very easy to follow.
EAGLE automatically connects all nets (or wires) inside of a schematic when they have the same name. This means even if they are not physically connected on the schematic giving them the same name will connect them together. Using this trick, it is pretty easy to break up nets across the page.
