Mikes writes in – Since Make is all about great hardware projects, I figured I’d let you know about a project that aims to develop a fully VGA compliant video card in true open source fashion. Kerneltrap now has an interview online about the motivations behind the project, when the card will be available and […]
MIT has posted all the materials from their Playstation 3 programming course, if you’re interesting in learn how to program one or the cell processor click on through… Students will spend several weeks learning about new multicore architectures and parallel programming patterns, and will design and implement projects to run directly on the new PLAYSTATION®3 […]
Here’s a massive page on Molex connections and how to do terminal pin crimping, worth a read and a bookmark – Link.
George has a great page of DC motor tips, he writes – A small DC motor generates torque by creating an interaction between a fixed and rotating magnet field. The fixed field is supplied by high energy permanent magnets. The rotating field is created by passing a DC current through several different windings on the […]
neoJunk writes in – I saw the Mugi twinwall polypropylene plane kit in Make Magazine and built one. This instructable will show you how to use colored packing tape to style a coroplast RC plane. Coroplast is a twinwall polypropylene fluted plastic kind of like corrugated cardboard except made of plastic not paper. This was […]
Jason @ Hackzine writes – In 1985, Wim van Eck published a paper which described how the state of a CRT monitor could be reproduced remotely based on the device’s electromagnetic radiation. Van Eck or TEMPEST devices, whatever you prefer to call them, aren’t just the secret sauce in your favorite science fiction, though for […]
Download PocketGuitar and you’ll be able to rock a virtual guitar or bass on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Get a friend to load up the BeatPhone drum sequencer and you can get the virtual band back together. You’ve got to appreciate the $400 mp3 consumer being converted into a music creation device. I was […]
