Month: March 2006

TVH-72g graphing calculator (TI calc for your phone)

TVH-72g graphing calculator (TI calc for your phone)

Tea Vui Huang writes – “The objective here is to create a low-cost introductory & disposable graphing calculator for the educational use of schools and students who may have difficulty, are unable or may not wish to acquire a stand-alone feature-laden graphing calculator. The TVH-72g Graphing Calculator is a small 14 Kbytes Mobile Java program […]

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Build a CT-BOT robot

Build a CT-BOT robot

A MAKE reader writes in – “[Here’s] an ongoing series of articles in the German computer magazine ct describes how to build and program a robot. The first website gives you information to get and produce all necessary parts. All magazine articles are for sale as pdf. Furthermore segor electronics sells a complete ct-bot kit.“ […]

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Neon signs, made from LEDs

Neon signs, made from LEDs

LEDs to replace NEON? I want to tinker with these no matter what – “The ideal lighting solution for any architectural, decorative or signage application. LED-FLEX incorporates light emitting diode (LED) technology in a flexible, durable tube that uses a proprietary maximization technique to achieve the appearance and brightness of traditional neon. Completely sealed and […]

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DIY Media Mac

DIY Media Mac

Wow, here’s another Mac creation from Calhoun, he writes – “This machine was built around a 12-inch Powerbook. The name Media Mac refers to my intent to make this a sort of MP3 jukebox and perhaps DVD-player, TV-recorder, iChat AV machine, etc.” – Link.

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Synth module of the month

Synth module of the month

Here’s an interesting idea, a synth module a month to build your own modular synthesizers – “You begin your plan by purchasing the “ENTRY-22-1″ on the order form for $120. The next month, order the second installment of $120 and we’ll begin building your cabinet/Power Supply/Cable Harness and ship them to you. This normally takes […]

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How transistors of an integrated circuit are made (video podcast!)

How transistors of an integrated circuit are made (video podcast!)

John writes – This podcast is drawn from the “UVA Virtual Lab” (www.virlab.virginia.edu) which uses 3D virtual reality animations to explain electronics, microelectronics and nanotechnology. This podcast explains how the transistors of an integrated circuit are made – Link. This complements our earlier podcast on “How Semiconductors and Transistors Work.” (here).

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Real-life optical illusions

Real-life optical illusions

Vurdlak from the Mighty Optical Illusions blog writes – “In this week edition I’ve concentrated more on real-life optical illusions, posted in my “outdoors” section. Now you can see some really amazing pictures of Merging Planes, Salvador Dali, Einstein’s ever-glazing eye .. etc!” – Link.

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