Bots Brewed Here
Silicon Valley’s HomeBrew Robotics Club is leading the development of an open source robot hardware system. Quinn Norton interviews Chuck McManis.
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Real Security Vs. Junk Science
Why copy-restriction technology succeeds only in hurting the user.
Maker — A Fusion Reactor for the Rest of Us
Ed Storms is leading the effort to take cold fusion off the back burner by moving it into the garage.
MAKE Magazine volume 03! FREE PDF!
New! Volume 03! Mod Your Rod: turn your car into a tech-enhanced, grease-eating monster machine. In Primer, Mr. Jalopy teaches welding. Make the Night Lighter 36, a stunning spud gun. How to build a controller for a geeked-out haunted house. As a special treat here’s a FREE article on VoIP Phone Wiring- Connecting multiple phones to a Vonage connection. If you use iTunes, click this LINK and click SUBSCRIBE. The PDF will be automatically downloaded, you’ll also get more free stuff and MAKE content too. You can also download it from the home page too.
2004 Toyota Prius info display hacking!
Awesome. My initiative : to be able to squeze out more info from the Prius than it is given on the standard display… Such as amperage used, longer term MPG computation and more.. a Zaurus SL-C700, running Linux Embedix, I ported one of my codes… ( I modified the Zaurus sync cable to accept serial input, the code is reading the CAN232 on 115.2KBaud with acceptance filtering to reduce traffic, data is collected, analysed, prep’d and written to the Linux framebuffer.) . Link.
HOW TO make ringtones
The carriers tend to hide how to make ringtones so you’ll buy them, but there are a few good resources to make your own. This one is from FunMobile…How do I make mp3, m4a/AAC, wav ringtones? How do I make a mmf ringtone? How do I make a qcp ringtone? How do I make ringtones from CD? How do I make a polyphonic (midi) ringtone? Tons of screenshots and how to action. Link.
The many lives of Dental Mirrors…
Peter Mui showed up at Squid Labs with this dental side mirror he attached to his bike helmet. Peter says the dental mirrors are also sold as a tool for auto mechanics, repairmen, etc. Anyone who needs to get into a tight space can pick these up for cheap. Click here for a larger image.
