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Draw Circuits With a Pen

by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

Creating basic circuits by hand is the best way to learn about how electronics work and using a breadboard has traditionally been the best way to do this, at least until now. Circuit Scribe is a kickstarter project that features a cool new ball point pen that uses a conductive silver ink which is perfect for drawing simple circuits. Utilizing just a Circuit Scribe pen, piece of paper, and a few electronic components like a LED light or a small motor, you can create just about any small project that you can imagine. This catchy idea has already pulled in $260,000, which is far beyond the set goal of $85,000.

This pen would make a great tool for children to use in the classroom to learn about simple circuits and there’s even a Classroom kit that includes 10 basic kits and a activity book. You can also buy just one basic kit for yourself to see what you can come up with. You can also get two larger kits, the Maker Kit and Developer Kit.

Each kit includes the Circuit Scribe pen which can be purchased separately for $20.

Here’s what’s in the Basic Kit (Cost $30):

  • 2 LED Boards each with two (2) LED lights attached
  • 2 Coin Batteries
  • 9V Battery Connector
  • 2 PIN which you can add Resistors, Capacitors, and Switches to
  • Slide Switch
  • Jumper Stickers
  • BJT NPN Transistor

Maker Kit ( Cost $50):

  • Includes Basic Components
  • Maker Notebook
  • RGB LED
  • Photo Sensor
  • Sound Buzzer
  • Potentiometer
  • 8 PIN ( NAND Logic Gate, 555 Timer, OP AMP)
  • Stencil
  • 9V Battery

Developer Kit ( Cost $100):

  • 2 Basic Component Kits
  • Maker Notebook
  • 2 Sets of Maker Components and Developer Components
  • 10 Magnetic Connection Cords
  • USB Micro B Power Adapter
  • Motor
  • 2 DPDT Switches
  • 10 DIY Solder Boards

CircuitScribe

 

Filed Under: Art and Design, Developer, DIY, Electronics, Hobby, Science, Technology, Video, Youtube Tagged With: Art and Design, breadboard, Circuit Scribe, circuits, developer, DIY, Electronics, hobby, Science, Technology, video, youtube

Apple is Ready To Build it’s Spaceship

by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

AppleCampus2Draw
Proposed Design for Apple’s “Spaceship” Campus 2

Apple has long since wanted to build a second campus to the east of it’s current headquarters and it has taken years just to get everything together and approved. It was back in 2006 when Steve Jobs had announced that he wanted to build another campus and now, many years later, it looks like it’s finally going to happen.

With a final agreement to pay more taxes to the city of Cupertino, Apple has now received it’s final approval to begin building the massive 2.8-million-square-foot ring shaped “spaceship” campus that will house 13,000 under some of the most cutting edge architecture imaginable today. Steve Jobs had a goal in mind when he planned to build the new campus and part of that goal included making sure that the campus had the same “fit and finish” that goes into designing Apple’s products.

The project will take years to finish as Apple hopes to complete the building in 2016.

 

Filed Under: Apple, Art and Design, Mac, News, Technology Tagged With: Apple, Apple Headquarters, Architecture, Art and Design, Campus 2, Cupertino, Mac, News, Technology, Updates

Awesome Paper Art by Alia Design

by Karlene Leave a Comment

Alia is an artist who creates amazing things with paper. The art is called quilling. Quilling is a craft that involves cutting paper into strips and shaping the pieces into arcs, curves, and coils. Those shapes are then glued into place by hand to make these beautiful designs.

Both the subject matter and style of my work are a departure from traditional quilling. All of my pieces focus on geek culture, employing unique techniques and design elements I developed myself. Though my personal choice of theme falls into the geek realm, I love collaborating to do custom orders of any subject matter! -Alia

Alia sells her artwork on her Etsy page, check it out to buy one of these or a custom order. AliaDesign

 

Filed Under: Art and Design, Fun, Geeky, Hobby Tagged With: art, batman, craft, etsy, Gaming, geek, geek art, Halo, harvey birdman, iron man, Movies, paper art, portal, quilling, Star Wars, transformers

Geeky Pet by Alana McCarthy

by Karlene Leave a Comment

Alana McCarthy is an illustrator who makes these awesome images of pets with robots and dressed as superheroes and ninjas. It’s very funny, and awfully cute to see a little chihuahua as Mr. Spock. Who said animals couldn’t be geeky too?

Click images to enlarge

Batcat
Batcat
Cat Avengers
Cat Avengers
Chihuahua Spock
Chihuahua Spock
Jedi Pug
Jedi Pug
Ninja Cat vs Robot
Ninja Cat vs Robot
Spideycat
Spideycat
Star Wars Cats
Star Wars Cats
Star Trek Cat
Star Trek Cat
Supercat
Supercat
Wondercat
Wondercat

If you’d like to see more of Alana’s work:

Facebook

Twitter

Geeky Pet Facebook

Website

To buy prints:

Etsy

 

 

Filed Under: Art and Design, cartoons, comics, Fun, Geeky Tagged With: art, Cats, design, Dogs, geek, Illustration, Ninjas, Pets, Robots, Superhero

Painting or Photograph?

by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

Camel thorn trees-Namibia (Frans Lanting/National Geographic)
Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park. (Frans Lanting/National Geographic)

Despite the way this image looks, it is indeed a photograph. This is a picture of Camel Thorn trees in Namibia which was taken by Frans Lanting for National Geographic. The backdrop is actually a large dune and the spots are small patches of grass.

This stunning photograph caused a lot of controversy when it was first printed as many people did indeed believe it was a painting. This photo was featured in a an article written by Alexandra Fuller for National Geographic back in June of 2011.

You may have the same trouble I initially did trying to see the picture for what it is, a real photograph, but if you look at some of the changes in color that occur on the sand dune and the shadows that the patches of grass produce, then you may finally see past the “painting”.

 

Filed Under: Art and Design, National Geographic, Photograph, Science Tagged With: art, Art and Design, Camel Thorn Tree, National Geographic, painting, photo, picture, Science

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