New @ the MAKE store – Edison-Style cup phonograph kit – From Gakken’s Sophisticated Science Kit for Adults, this replica kit uses the same technology that Thomas Edison used, replacing Edison’s waxed pipe and stylus, the kit uses a plastic cup and a needle, but the end results are the same! You record your own […]
MAKE pals and MAKE alum (Bre!) started a cool hacker collective called “NYC Resistor” – they’re not just sitting around drinking Club Mate (there isn’t any yet) — they have a ton of cool classes starting April 5th! In particular, this one looks awesome – writing Gameboy code! Have you ever wanted to make a […]
Guyrobot – one-of-a-kind handmade creations via NOTCOT. Genesis: The piece parts that go into each Guy Robot flow from a range of industrial tributaries: aerospace and avionics surplus suppliers, automotive salvage yards, long-haul microwave equipment recyclers, decommissioned plumbing and refrigeration remnants, vintage hand-tool swap-meet winnings. And, yes, truth be told, sometimes the perfect Guy Robot […]
TG Daily has an amazing story on this unique and historic find for all your programming anthropologists! Original Ada Lovelace painting purchased on eBay via /. Computer geeks on opposite ends of the Earth have found the original sketch of the world’s first programmer. In a story worthy of a Hollywood movie, a United States […]
Lifelites – tiny lights for LEGO models via Boing Boing Gadgets. Here’s what the founder has to say about them… Hi, I’m Rob and I’m addicted to LEGO® products, little blinking lights, and caffeine. It all started back around, oh, when I was 3, but let’s fast forward a bit shall we? In 2002 I […]
John Maushammer who we lovingly refer to as “the hammer” reverse engineered the firmware in all three Pure Digital disposable cameras and figured out how to connect them to home computers, and now he’s messing with…MacBook air USB ports. Other hammer projects: Homemade PONG watch! Rocket-Launched camcorder – Hack a $30, single-use camcorder to make […]
So I catch the innertubes over to OhGizmo this morning and happen upon news of one of those forehead poundingly obvious products that someone should have brought to market decades earlier., Too wit: Self Adhesive Wrapping Paper Well, duh. Take wrapping paper, coat the back with Post-It strength contact adhesive, roll it up, and make […]
