Month: September 2007

Make: Philly

Make: Philly

I’m in Philadelphia for Podcamp and Make: Philly. If you’re a maker in Philly, I’ll see you there, there will be a presentation about eye-tracking and then there is a short maker challenge! – Link Date: Sunday, September 9th Time: ** 3PM SHARP ** Location: University of the Arts, 333 S. Broad Street, Anderson Hall, […]

Voice Knitting Machine

Another knitting project from the Campus 2.0. of Ars Electronica, Gelsomina, uses a hacked knitting machine to translate voice recordings into stitches. How does it feel when a sweater becomes a medium with which to record your own voice? Gelsomina, the voice knitting machine, makes it possible to transfer individual vocal melodies to a piece […]

Unbrick or downgrade any PSP

Unbrick or downgrade any PSP

The PSP hackers over at noobz.eu have released a killer tool for fixing any bricked PSP, restoring it to v1.5 firmware. When the PSP boots, the hardware checks for the serial number on the battery eeprom. If it’s 0xFFFFFF, it loads firmware from the memory stick instead of from internal flash. You use a working […]

DIY Death… er… Diving Bell

DIY Death… er… Diving Bell

How to turn a trash can, some plexi, and a drill-powered air pump into an old school (like Aristotle’s class) diving bell. Welcome to the Death Bell! – Link: http://www.sector512productions.com/deathbell/index.html Warning: A reader in the Comments claims that: “Kaspersky detected a Trojan-Downloader.JS.Psyme.me virus in this page.” So cut n’ paste that link at your own […]