Cheap DIY credit card reader project – “The reader mechanism shown was purchased from All Electronics for $1.50. The unit provides the magnetic head on a spring mechanism along with low level head signal amplifiers and data slicers. Three signal lines comming from the unit provide card presence, clock, and data. “ [via] – Link. […]
It’s Sunday, so it’s time for horse art made from driftwood by Heather Jansch – [via] Link. Related: Driftwood treatments – Link.
Loren got the Tablet PC OS working on an iMac – “Yep, this post is being written on an iMac. I successfully installed the Tablet PC OS this morning using Apple’s Boot Camp and the Tablet PC OS from my MSDN subscription. I’m using a Wacom Graphire3 Tablet for the digitizer. For the most part […]
Here’s a simple “light activated instrument with pitch and volume controlled by hand shadows” – [via] – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rob Cruickshank writes – “The students in my electronics workshop wanted to see a battery made out of food. The calculator is powered by the zinc-plated screws and pennies in the orange. If you try this, don’t eat the orange afterwards!…” – Link.
Make your own miniMinty MP3 player – “…we set out to design the successor to Minty MP3. How about if it fits in an Altoids gum tin? What if it charges its internal Lithium Ion Polymer battery over USB and mounts itself as a Mass Storage Device? And if it runs for 12+ hours on […]
Atman writes – “…how to assemble a field recording system that is: battery powered, capable of six hours continuous record without recharge (and much more from the wall), CD quality (44.1 kHz 16 bit stereo), less than U$1000, and capable of being concealed in a handbag, backpack or jacket.” – Link.
