Good resource for getting started in making your own DS games- Tutorial 1: Setting up the development evironment and building an example application that displays text output and reads the touch screen. Tutorial 2: Using the framebuffer mode of the Nintendo DS to draw to the screen. Also explains a bit about the Vertical Blank Interrupt. Tutorial 3: Detecting and acting on key presses. Link.
Waxy points to a great collection of computer and gaming devices, made out of cake. Katamari, Gamecube, Asteroids, Space Invaders, iPod Mini, iPod Shuffle, Playstation, PSP, Xbox and Blackberry!
Learn to cast small resin and silicone parts while converting your static car models to exciting slot racers. Any 1:32 scale model car kit like the ones available from Airfix, Lindburg, Monogram or Revell can be made into a slot car with the addition of some simple parts and fabrication. Link.
Interesting, I need to check this out. Some cafes and retail stores in Seattle this week will begin individually marketing products and services to bypassers in Seattle using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology. The first target group is visually and hearing-impaired individuals who can benefit from positioning and navigation applications added to the system. Other possible applications might be for tourists who might want guidance in the downtown Seattle area… Data about the customer can be mined and sold to the retailers, Donohue said. It can also be used to personalize marketing and map customer behavior. Link.
Here’s a secret: you can develop black & white film cheaply and cleanly in your very own bathroom. The site has a list of all the things you’ll need, where to get them and a good step by step (with black and white photos) on developing your own film. The comments are a great too for some additional tips too Link.
If you’ve been using PCs for a while, you’re bound to have an old one you don’t use much, if at all. With 2-GHz computers available for well under $1,000, what good is an old 300-MHz Pentium II system? The answer depends on your willingness to experiment, have fun, learn, and prevent pollution. Here are ten things you can do with that old PC, starting with tasks for relatively “better” old PCs, and working our way down to the real junkers. [via] Link.
Remember Steve? He posted some time lapse videos of making a drill press and using a lathe to make a neat looking table leg out of scrap wood- now he’s posted how he does his time lapse movies on his site. We reviewed the software (Boinx iStopMoption) in issue of 02 of MAKE. Link.
