A great oppurtunity to do awesome things @ Eyebeam’s Art & Technology Center – Eyebeam Residencies Summer / Fall 2009 You’ve got big ideas. You could use a little time and money, not to mention support and inspiration, to create a visionary project. Apply between April 1 and May 15 for Eyebeam’s Summer/Fall 2009 Residency […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool The nixie tube isn’t the only vintage tube display device – The Dekatron was used in computers and calculators as far back as the 1940s. Eschlaep’s put one to a bit of practical use as what is likely the coolest and highest power kitchen timer evers – Dekatrons are relatively […]
Modding virtuoso Ben Heck presents this highly convincing C64 for retro-on-the-go users. – This project somehow has the distinction of being both the longest and fastest portable electronics project I have ever done. I originally started making a C64 laptop in the fall of 2006, and kept pecking away at it every so often. Finally, […]
Hunyue of HY Research has turned the awesome Beagle Board into a complete mobile internet platform, with a 4.3″ touchscreen, battery power capability, some extra side controls, and a CNC case. It won’t win any design or beauty contests, but it’s still pretty cool. Beagle MID
Back in late January, I did a guest blogging stint on Boing Boing. One of the things I wrote about was my new Braithwaite wallet, a beautiful laser-etched, Deco-inspired coat wallet (that I carry in my front pants pocket). In the comments to my post, one person remarked: “I can’t wait for someone to rip […]
As usual, Alex at Tinkerlog does an excellent job of clearly describing some electronics arcana, in this case, exactly why one needs to use current limiting resistors on LEDs (and when you can do without them). If you apply a specific voltage to a resistor, you can compute the resulting current with: I = V […]
In response to my latest Toolbox column, Mark Demers, aka SpikenzieLabs, sent us a link to his solder spool holder kit. The kit is a laser-cut stackable acrylic box that holds spools of solder or wire. You can buy a kit (for $10) or download the files from Thingaverse and cut and assemble your own. […]
