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Ever wonder how your computer can sort lists of data that you give it? No? Well, there is a whole field of research dedicated to what are appropriately called sorting algorithms. They can be a pretty dry (but important!) subject to study, but it turns out that they have a better use: making cool music! […]
Pressure sensitive keys have been used in MIDI keyboards for a while now, but good ol’ qwerty keyboards seem to have missed out on the feature til now. Hardware developers from Microsoft’s Applied Science group built this prototype using membrane layers with resistive coating plus opamp board to convert the analog data over to USB. […]
Want to try your hand at a new programming language without the hassle of downloading and installing it? Well, now you can with Python thanks to Sculpt. The project is still in an early phase, but they note that they intend to support as much of the language as possible (and full source code is […]
It’s often said that the best camera is the one on you. These readymade snap-on lenses for the iPhone are a fun addition to a spur of the moment snapshot.
Here’s something for someone that has everything: a personalized MakerBot-printed iPhone/iPod dock.
In this video David from theunlockr.com shows us how to root the Hero, HTC’s latest Android phone. With a rooted Hero you can do all kinds of fun stuff like run apps and swap space from an SD card in addition to running apps as a privileged user.
Eric Weinhoffer made this owl wrap for his Skullcandy Ink’d in-ear headphones on his Makerbot. Owl Headphone Wrap More: John Park’s earbud owl 3D-printed 7-piece puzzle cube
