Computers & Mobile

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!

Boards Guide 2024: Boards Are Back

Boards Guide 2024: Boards Are Back

From Make: Vol. 87: New evolutions in dev boards make this a metamorphic period for Makers.

Continue Reading
Anderson’s Water Computer Springs A Leak and That’s Okay

Anderson’s Water Computer Springs A Leak and That’s Okay

Glen Anderson’s created an analog computer that uses water to demonstrate digital logic A computer that uses water instead of electricity? That’s what Glen Anderson and his daughter, Dale, are demonstrating at Maker Faire Bay Area this weekend. He invites kids to fill buckets and dump them into one of four water tanks. On Friday, […]

Continue Reading
From Start To Finish: Making A Professional Looking Space Mouse

From Start To Finish: Making A Professional Looking Space Mouse

If you’ve never heard of a space mouse, the term probably elicited a giggle. A space mouse is an input device like a mouse, but instead of sliding it over a surface, it works more like a 3d point in space. You would typically use it in a 3D program, like CAD. This allows you […]

Continue Reading
Review: Unihertz Jelly Star: Miniaturized Maker Mobile

Review: Unihertz Jelly Star: Miniaturized Maker Mobile

Manufacturer: Unihertz Kickstarter Campaign Price: $170 Unihertz Jelly Star: Miniaturized Maker Mobile? I remember my first phone: it was transparent blue, and it … plugged into the wall. But once things became a bit more mobile, I was very excited about innovation in that space too – I recall fondly when phones shrank and shrank, […]

Continue Reading
DFRobot Launches UNIHIKER All-In-One Single-Board Computer Lab

DFRobot Launches UNIHIKER All-In-One Single-Board Computer Lab

Products like the Arduino UNO and Raspberry Pi have proven nothing short of revolutionary in the maker community by taking something which already existed in various forms and just doing it that much better that it changed the world. DFRobot may be hoping to spark a similar revolution with their unique new single-board computer (SBC), […]

Continue Reading

3D Printing Gets a Brain: What Is Klipper?

I wrote Klipper to do something different from what other 3D printer firmware does. Much of the existing software is designed to work within the limits of the tiny computer on the printer’s mainboard — typically referred to as a microcontroller. The software works, but it tends to put as much emphasis on getting things to […]

Continue Reading
Review: 3inus x Whatgeek 5-in-1 TKL Mechanical Keyboard Hub

Review: 3inus x Whatgeek 5-in-1 TKL Mechanical Keyboard Hub

Manufacturer: 3inus / Whatgeek Kickstarter Campaign Price: $99 I am a bit of a gadget freak, and also a low-key mechanical keyboard enthusiast. Perhaps a little more than low-key – I can count at least half a dozen keebs around the office from a quick glance. I am also a bit of a peripheral and […]

Continue Reading