Matthew writes – “Lately the hoopla concerning LED lighting has been overwhelming. Everyone claims this costs mere pennies to power. I decided to put a new twist on a classic science experiment to prove that LEDs do cost pennies to power. Literally.” This is a great how to on making a battery to power a […]
John has a great round up of some retro computer design – “A working eight bit computer made out of Relays! For some time amateur computer designers have been getting ‘back to basics’ and building their own computer designs with individual TTL logic gates wire wrapped together. One determined experimenter even built his own out […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Voxphoto has a 10 year old Kodak digital camera and wants to take photos and post them up on Flickr. Remember these specs? 756×504 resolution (less than 0.4 megapixels), fixed focus, non-zooming lens (42mm equivalent), no LCD view screen, no removable memory (48 images at standard resolution). Oh, the memories! […]
This robot from NTT Communications in Japan uses RFID tags embedded in the floor to figure out where it is, information about the stores and will carry your bags around for you. I suppose if you buy something that also has a RFID tag in it, the robot could suggest something to go with it […]
The best free DIY PVR MythTV has a new version – From the release notes…“LiveTV rewritten to support saving buffered content while watching. Signal Monitoring for DVB and pcHDTV recorders. Ending times may be changed while recordings are in progress. Playgroups allow for default playback options on recordings. Channel changes can be made across tuners […]
Steven from Nomadic Research Labs is looking for some Makers to work on the Microshop – “A number of paying gigs are now available to fast-track the completion of the Microship project: we’re looking for fiberglassers, aluminum fabricators, machinists, fabrics wizards, sailboat riggers, and electronics geeks. If you have proven experience and are available for […]
Reminder: MAKE will be at the The Happening: Mixed-Reality Party in DC on Saturday and also in Second Life so you can attend virtually and for free on Mac, Win and Linux… – pictured, what I have to fit in my alloted carry on baggage. Details about the event here – Link.
