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Everything / Nothing Mobile Apps Randomness Software

Introducing BlinkyBird (for Google Glass)

July 7, 2014March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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3d Printing Everything / Nothing Randomness

3D Printing Rob’s Skull

May 28, 2013March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Everything / Nothing Mobile Apps Randomness Software

Fix the Fresco

September 10, 2012March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

Apple finally approved my new app (for iPad and iPhone), Fix the Fresco:

http://itunes.apple.com/app/fix-the-fresco/id557433478?mt=8
https://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)

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Everything / Nothing Randomness

Tub Mate – Dry Ice Carbonated Yerba Mate

September 7, 2012March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Everything / Nothing Mobile Apps Radioactivity Randomness

123D Catch

November 28, 2011March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

I’ve been playing with Autodesk’s 123D “Catch”

http://www.123dapp.com/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)

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Everything / Nothing Radioactivity Randomness

Hanford Site Tour

August 18, 2011March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Electronics Everything / Nothing Randomness

Electric Ducted Fan “Jet” Bike

July 20, 2011March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Everything / Nothing Lasers Radioactivity Randomness

Selling Uranium and Thorium on Ebay

July 11, 2011March 10, 2015 Rich Olson
I’m now selling small uranium and thorium samples in laser-etched bottles on ebay. I made them myself on my new laser cutter.
Check out https://nothinglabs.com for a listing of my current auctions!
The thorium samples are thorite – a naturally occurring ore.
The uranium
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Everything / Nothing Lasers Randomness

$20 Laser Cutter Crosshair Aiming System

June 9, 2011March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Electronics Everything / Nothing Randomness

A short history of Nothing Labs

December 1, 2010March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Everything / Nothing Radioactivity Randomness

Radioactive Salt Substitute

September 23, 2010March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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Everything / Nothing Randomness

$2.50 iPhone Bumper Case

August 17, 2010March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Everything / Nothing Mobile Apps Randomness Software

Manic Marble 3 for iPad Demo (in an actual Apple Store!)

June 19, 2010March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Everything / Nothing Radioactivity Randomness

Radiation Exposure Levels

April 30, 2010March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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Electronics Everything / Nothing Radioactivity Randomness

Introducing the Nothing Labs blog…

April 27, 2010March 10, 2015 Rich Olson

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)

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