This is very interesting, Nintendo has a new DS coming out (the DSi) – has a camera, web browser and you can download games. This is a super powerful computer with a lot of add-ons, great for hacking, great for homebrew stuff and all likely pretty cheap. Look how many projects came out when the […]
Pandora, the open, highly hackable console is available for pre-order, looks pretty nice. Not open source hardware, but not too shabby! More @ wikipedia and their site… The Pandora system will have an open source, Linux-based OS. The Pandora is designed to be a handheld game console, with PDA capabilities. One of the main uses […]
Simple and handy project from Docpop, he writes… My last pen and pencil wrap has lasted me for years, but I wanted something a little more stylish and extra durable. So I made this wrap using shuttle loomed denim from Japan. Since it’s so thin, the selvage line turned out to be the perfect area […]
Incredible rubber band gun, from Japan, of course…
Jim writes in – If you have a project in mind that you want to make, but you’re not sure how to get started, the folks at TechShop invite you to come to the TechShop Project Kickoff and BBQ on Saturday, October 4 at TechShop Menlo Park and get expert help. A panel of expert […]
This 4 Oscillator Opto-Theremin is built into a standard Nintendo Gameboy using a Quad 4093 Schmitt Trigger IC, 4 1uf electrolytic caps, 4 Photo-Resistors in the 140k Ohm Range, and 4 Diodes. Check out the rather small video on the link below to see it in action and listen to the effect it produces. Pretty […]
Collin @MAKE writes: (Mike covered this in Made in Japan 32 but surely it deserves its very own dedicated post.) In what are hands-down the absolute cutest video tutorials I have ever laid eyes on, Zannaleeidees employs a feline pal for manual demonstration – either that or Zannaleeidees actually is a cat. Whatever the case […]
