From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
Linux cluster, made from 65 PlayStation 2s! – “The NCSA has constructed a PlayStation 2 Linux cluster as a test bench for scientific computation on “toy” hardware. The cluster consists of 65 compute nodes, 4 user login and development nodes, and 1 prototype node for software installation tests. All the nodes run the Sony Linux […]
Nyami writes – “Just created a Yahoo Widget for the Nabaztag. Had the little fella for a few weeks now and thought it was about time to take advantage of the API. Still got a few things to add to it but it works, the link above has a bit more info.” – Link. The […]
Here is a gallery of a LED rug, it looks pretty easy to make – weave carpeting around those flexible light LED tubes. [via] – Link.
Neatorama points to the best collection of balloon sculptures I’ve ever seen – Link.
Get LoFi has a h0t circuit bend – “This revolutionary Texas Instruments Speak and Math Geetar Mod is sure to turn heads after you strap it on and let the glitches rip Jimi Hendrix slylee. I would suggest that the builder used 1×1 inch for the case and PVC for the neck. Of course the […]
The O’Reilly Digital Media Center has a fun how to on making Cylon-y sounding voices – “You’ve heard their smoothly sexy yet alien voices. Vocoders are devices that make ordinary sounds sing or speak recognizable words. In this hands-on tutorial, Jim Aikin explains how vocoders perform their magic and how to set up your own […]
Bre writes – “I collect lenses out of cameras and put them on other stuff. I used gaffer tape to make my nokia 7610 have a fisheye.” Full photo set here – Link. If you get bored with your camera phone, this is a lot of fun.
