Easy Button Hack
MAKE Flickr photo pool member TommyBear turned a $5 Staples Easy Button into a switch for his garage door. Here’s how you do it, easy! – Link. Previous: Circuit Bending is Easy – Link.
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LED camera adaptor for detecting melanoma
Here’s a DIY imaging system that uses four different wavelengths from LEDs for detecting melanoma [via] – Link.
Pom-Pom Tutorial
Pom-Poms are back “in” these days and if you ever want to master the art of making your own smaller pom-poms, Bella Dia has a great tutorial on how to do it. This is a fun way to embellish any of your craft projects whether you are making a laptop bag (nice to have colorful […]
HOW TO – Make sandals made from old tires
I have some shoes that are made from old tires, and here are some sandals you can make yourself, also made from old tires – [via] – Link. Previous: Shoes made from recycled stuff… – Link.
Playstation 2 computational cluster
Linux cluster, made from 65 PlayStation 2s! – “The NCSA has constructed a PlayStation 2 Linux cluster as a test bench for scientific computation on “toy” hardware. The cluster consists of 65 compute nodes, 4 user login and development nodes, and 1 prototype node for software installation tests. All the nodes run the Sony Linux […]
Nabaztag Widget – control the WiFi bunny!
Nyami writes – “Just created a Yahoo Widget for the Nabaztag. Had the little fella for a few weeks now and thought it was about time to take advantage of the API. Still got a few things to add to it but it works, the link above has a bit more info.” – Link. The […]
$100 Sailboat
Ed writes – “Here’s a site on how to build and race your own sailboat for around a $100 dollars. Also a lot of information about sailing and how to get started.” – Link.