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Moss Graffiti

Posted: 29th February 2012 by Ray in Uncategorized

This looks pretty fun. Out here in Seattle they call moss the state flower of Washington – plenty of it to go around… RealLOL: Your source of daily updated funny pictures and gifs. – StumbleUpon.

Support our new project on Kickstarter!

Posted: 26th December 2011 by Ray in Uncategorized

We’re looking to bring internet memes to the offline world with Internet Meme Playing Cards. Pre-order them today on Kickstarter! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/raymondhthomas/internet-meme-playing-cards  

DIY portable shower

Posted: 15th August 2011 by Ray in Uncategorized

It sounds gross but it’s pretty clever, good for a quick rinse after playing sports outside.   gx1mY.jpg 728×4672.

XBee grows up, delivers WiFi to DIYers and Arduino enthusiasts — Engadget. If you do anything with wireless or Arduino you should definitely check this out!

We originally started Elephant Staircase in college as a way to fund our hobby of diy projects, robotics, circuits, tinkering with electronics, and just building stuff. When we graduated, we sold out and got grown-up full time jobs. As a result, we haven’t spent nearly as much time as we did before on our DIY [...]

Kinect SDK free download now available!

Posted: 16th June 2011 by Ray in Uncategorized

Microsoft has made their official SDK for Kinect available as a free download. Hear that? It’s the sound of robotics enthusiasts around the world rejoicing. Download here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/kinectsdk/default.aspx Here’s a great article from Wired

A DIY iPad Audio Dock, with Instructions, from Father of Circuit Bending Reed Ghazala. Ever since the release of Garage Band for iPad, i’ve been waiting for someone to built a DIY audio in for the iPad. Here’s one that looks amazing. via Engadget        

If you haven’t heard of Johnny Lee, he’s somewhat famous on the internet for things like the $14 camera stabilizer or hacking wii-motes to do cool things like you’d see in Minority Report.  Some interesting thoughts on DIY: Johnny Chung Lee on “The re-emergence of DIY vs Big Organizations”

Give Your Web Cam a Gorgeous Retro Shell

Posted: 10th February 2011 by Ray in Uncategorized

Give Your Web Cam a Gorgeous Retro Shell.

We’re going through a couple changes so bear with us!