iPhone 4 Passive Acoustic Amplifier Block
Check out this passive acoustic amplifier block for the iPhone 4 from Chicagoland Etsy user Lowell.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
No more Flash for mobile devices…
Google and OEMs like RIM & HTC will likely need to drop support in the next versions of their OSes. For me personally, I can finally say the book I co-authored 9 years ago now officially outdated and not supported (I still get emails).
How-To: Pistol Flamethrower
Scares off wildlife, starts campfires, melts ice, burns weeds, and works wonders on nose hair. What could possibly go wrong? The grip is built up from laminated laser-cut 1/8″ ply. Nice design from Instructables user PDRWLSN.
Tool Review: MetaWatch Android-Compatible Wristwatch
The MetaWatch is a sweet-looking programmable watch that can be paired with an Android device via Bluetooth in order to bring some of the smartphone’s functionality to the watch, reducing the need to haul out your phone to check on an alert.
Korg Releases Two New Monotron Synths
Everybody’s favorite hackable retro analog ribbon synth just got two new cousins: the Monotron Delay and the Monotron Duo. The names are pretty straight-up: The Monotron Delay has an analog “tape echo” effect, while the Duo has two individually-tunable oscillators.
Capacitive Touch Mirror Controller
Using a pair of capacitive touch styli inside a cylindrical mirror, a team from the Ochanomizu University have built a system for displaying and controlling interactive anamorphic images on the iPad. By taking advantage of the iPad’s capacitive touchscreen, the device allows a user to rotate and view images of objects that appear to float within the mirror.
MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup
This week’s MAKE Flickr pool roundup is full of great Halloween memories. Our featured image, recalling Wednesday’s Cardboard Clone Trooper, is an equally-impressive cardboard Master Chief costume from user jek in the box. For sheer comedy value, my personal fave is user Unconverted’s QR code costume, lowermost, followed in close second by hine’s costume squid hat. And, somehow, to me, Chris Connors’ untitled skull-scrubbing shot sums up the maker Halloween experience quite nicely.