UPDATE: BlinkyBird has inexplicably been updated to work with Glass XE22 (11/17/2014)!
I’ve been intending to write some kind of Google Glass app for the last several months – but was having trouble getting inspired.
Then it hit me – how about a Flappy Bird … (read more)
My friend Rob Flickenger recently had some dental work done – and managed to score a 3D model of his skull generated from a panoramic x-ray as a bonus.
We got together at a local hackerspace to do a few prints on my Makerbot Replicator … (read more)
Apple finally approved my new app (for iPad and iPhone), Fix the Fresco:
http://itunes.apple.com/app/fix-the-fresco/id557433478?mt=8
http://www.nothinglabs.com/fresco/
It took them 11 days to approve it – reducing the prospects of building any inertia with the news story fading…
Can you fix the damaged Fresco?
In Borja, Spain … (read more)
I finally got around to publishing my recipe / instructions for “Tub Mate” on Instructables.
For those unaware – Yerba Mate is a caffeine containing plant used similarly to tea or coffee by many South American cultures.
I have become a fan of a … (read more)
I’ve been playing with Autodesk’s 123D “Catch”
It’s a free app that transforms sequences of still images into a 3d model of an object.
Here’s a sample video I did:
It does the processing “in the cloud” – in conjunction with a client-side application.… (read more)
In early August I took a tour of the Hanford Site located near Richland, Washington.
Hanford was created in 1943 to produce plutonium for nuclear bombs. Operating until the late 80’s – its 9 nuclear reactors produced enough material for 60,000 weapons.
The tour encompassed … (read more)
Over the last year – I’ve toyed with the notion of making an EDF fan bike.
I finally got around to putting one together – here’s some test footage:
EDF is short for Electric Ducted Fan. They are basically enclosed propellers for model airplanes – … (read more)
Been enjoying my new Full Spectrum laser cutter. It’s a lot of laser cutter for $2500!
I wanted to come up with something better than the stock “aiming” laser pointer.
Issue is that since the stock aiming laser doesn’t actually follow the cutting … (read more)
I registered nothinglabs.com about 3 years ago with the intent of morphing my translational drift project into some kind of flying toy.
In a more general sense – I wanted to somehow brand myself with something other than my circa-2002 now obsolete totally awesome anti-spam … (read more)
I just got my iPhone 4.
When I picked it up the first time – I cringed. It’s very pretty – but with a glass screen and a glass back – it seems leaving the house without a case is a recipe for disaster.
So … (read more)
I haven’t been able to shoot a decent demo video for Manic Marble 3 due to not actually having an iPad of my own (not enough spare cash).
I developed the entire game using XCode’s iPad simulator. It’s fine for testing – but performance isn’t … (read more)
I’ve been collecting a number of (relatively) low-level radioactive samples for use with my cloud chamber project.
Now that I’ve been playing with the stuff for a while – I figure it’s time to get a better understanding of radiation measurements so I can … (read more)
Hello – my name’s Rich.
“Nothing Labs” is the name I do a handful of things under – some commercial, some fun – some in the gray area between.
I’ve mostly started blogging again so I can easily share things related to the fun stuff … (read more)