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How the japanese multiply

javier — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:03:53 +0000

It may be an old one but I just found out at reaction [beta] and man, I’m still in shock:

Hoverboard!

javier — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:06:39 +0000

Hoverboard. Nils Guadagnin. Back to the Future!

And if you believe (as I do) that Back to the Future is one true source of innovation and inspiration, check this delightful poster by Justin van Genderen:

Abredatos 2010: A visual tour

javier — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:01:59 +0000

A videosummary of all the projects resulted from Desafío Abredatos 2010 (yeah, that 48h hackathon with public data):

PS: We have good news on that. Wait until tomorrow, would you?

iPad + Velcro = WIN

javier — Sat, 22 May 2010 17:19:24 +0000

iPad + Velcro from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Digital powermeter

javier — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:51:46 +0000

Alexandre Girard, the technical mind behind Feevy, is a what I would call a *real* hacker. He is now into building a Power Meter for household usage. That is a device that measures the amount of electricity that you spend at home, so you can have a greener usage.

He is going to make it with two arduino boards and I presume it all will be opensource. That’s why he’s asking for donations (besides explaining the project) to raise the €145 he needs to do so. Not a big deal.

I wonder how many different things you can do if you use the capabilities of an arduino board to do such measurements: all that information in digital format asking to be designed and displayed in many ways.

Good luck, Alex!