Install Android 2.1 on G1 and MyTouch 3G
G1 and MyTouch users can now easily update to the latest Android 2.1 version of Cyanogen using this handy video.
Computers & Mobile
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Quantum dot image sensors set to change camera industry
Those of you who, like me, just recently managed to score the digital camera of your dreams will be very excited to learn that it’s possibly going to be obsolete real soon. Based on technology developed by University of Toronto professor Ted Sargent, who is now CTO at start-up InVisage, the new image sensor uses a matrix of nanoparticles embedded in a polymer film which can be simply “painted” onto the top of a low-cost wafer at room temperature. If the hype is to be believed, the new sensor offers four times the sensitivity of conventional CMOS image sensors at a dramatically reduced cost per chip. [Thanks, Glen!]
G1 gamepad modded from Atari 7800 Joypad
If you just installed the latest Cyanogen beta and you’re unsatisfied with the current game controller options available, you might be interested in this mod. YouTube user MrTobiable uploaded the following video of what appears to be a European Atari 7800 Joypad grafted onto the keyboard of a HTC G1/Dream in landscape mode.
16-plus terabyte small form factor PC
Will Urbina built a 16+ TB computer inside of a SFF case (the mobo is a Quanmax Industrial KEEX-2030 Atom 3.5″). I found the two-part video both fascinating and a tad over-long. I do love watching fabrication vids like this, especially when it involves tools and processes with which I’m unfamiliar. This was a sponsored […]
360-degree pannable video of stadium demolition from 50-yd line
This is pretty amazing panoramic, full-motion (but unfortunately non-embeddable) video of the controlled demolition of Texas Stadium on the 11th of April shot from inside the stadium itself. [via Geekologie]
iFixit: Welcome to Repair 2.0
This interesting video — really a commercial for iFixit — has some fascinating things to say that would resonate with makers. Do you see yourself slaving over some 386 trying to get it to work? If iFixit creates a Wikipedia-like repair guide, will you contribute? Leave a comment with your thoughts. [Via bunnie’s blog] More: […]
Hollow spy bolts
Brian Dereu of Hollow Spy Coins showed us how to make this hollow dead-drop bolt for stashing secret messages back in MAKE 16. It’s not hard to do if you have access to the necessary equipment–a drill press, hacksaw, vise, grinder, and the appropriate taps and dies. But if you don’t have those tools, or you don’t have the time to use them, and you still want a spy bolt, Brian will gladly sell you one hand-made by his family and him for the not-unreasonable price of $37.