Zerolawn sent in this fun eBay find, the seller writes – This car was built in 1985. Body is built with fiberglass and urethane composite making it very light. Entire body can be lifted off with 2 people for easy access to frame and all other parts. Powered by 400 cubic inch Chevy small block, […]
This phone was made to look like a pack of smokes and it can also hold a half a pack of cigarettes in the back…- [via] Link. It could be a nicotine fueled response to the cell jammers (both commercial and DIY) which also fit inside packs of cigarettes too. Pictured above, I believe this […]
I picked up an Eye-Fi wireless SD card, it’s a card with 2GB of storage and it can automatically upload your photos as you take them to your computer and/or services like Flickr. I take a lot of photos in the workshop here of electronics, projects and things for site so I figured this might […]
Reminder! MakePhilly is today! – The next meeting of MakePhilly (http://www.makephilly.com) will feature guest speaker Don Miller (also known as NO CARRIER) who creates fast paced, colorful visuals for live music events and interactive art installations by hacking 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) consoles with custom programmed cartridges. Don will share his DIY approach to […]
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-2385134211642243&hl=en http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-764443478703123180&hl=en We didn’t get a chance to finish our LED Cubes at the Make: DC/Dorkbot DC workshop in the two short hours we had, so folks have been finishing them at home. Here’s a couple of vids of Mark Boszko’s test out his cube. He also includes the Arduino code with his animation sequences. […]
Collin Meyer put together a working tutorial for making use of the iPhone and iPod Touch’s RX and TX lines as a standard unix serial port. This tutorial will explain how to use the serial RX and TX lines on the Iphone as a standard UART serial port. Software on the Iphone can access the […]
MAKE editor and Hackziner Brian Jepson recently met up with Joel Evans of Geek.com. Like any geeks worth their root access, Brian and Joel proceeded to do whatever they could to brick their respective XO laptops. Joel writes: After we were done chatting, Brian wanted to show me some other hacking he’s done. In this […]
