Ablaka writes – “There has been quite a bit of buzz recently surrounding so-called “portable apps”. Portable storage devices such as USB flash sticks (and to a lesser extend, micro HD drives) are dropping rapidly in price/GB, so why just store stuff on them? There’s even an industry consortium to promote a standard to facilitate […]
Article about some Makers from the Makers book! – “Tonight, the Simon Cowell-produced “American Inventor” TV show will do for backyard tinkerers what “American Idol” did for people who sing in the shower. Thousands of inventors from around the nation will compete for $1 million. But to find real innovation, you don’t have to travel […]
Great write up and links to a lot of fun (and free) games – “Each year some of the hottest independent games are featured at the Independent Games Festival (IGF) during the Game Developers Conference. GDC kicks off next week, and we’ll be there in full force. But before things get heavy, GameSpy and FilePlanet […]
Tons of great suggestions on finding (and building) a cheap oscilloscope from the MAKE forums – Link.
Incredible solider figures made from lots of wire – the photos are a good how-to for making your own! – [via] Link.
Lik-Sang has a review of a $14 Xbox 360 to PC memory transfer kit – “For those of you who think 64 Megs is just not enough, we have today received stock of the Memory Transfer Kit from Datel for Xbox 360.” – Link. $5 DIY version – Link.
Reminds of the old 80’s coin-op game “Time Traveler” – A central, powerfully inovative development project is the novel input device MRI – Mixed Reality Interface. The new input device MRI – developed by KOMMERZ – opens the use of interactive 3D applications to a broad audience.” – [via] Link. KOMMERZ – Link. Related: You […]
