The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
MAKE is participating in a campaign with DELL called Digtal Nomads, my latest post is about things you can do with an old computer… I seem to be magnet for old computers. It’s not a bad thing really — people assume that an old or broken laptop will likely find some use when handed over […]
This vintage typewriter to keyboard conversion was built as a way of relieving RSI injury of this maker’s wife’s fingers and wrists since old typewriters offer “gradual resistance” when pressing keys rather than the light touch of today’s keyboards. Check out the link below for details on how this project was built. the typewriter-keyboard conversion
Video and article about how illustrator Bob Staake made this week’s cover of the New Yorker. Interesting note, he uses Mac OS 9 (on Mac OS X in classic) and PhotoShop 3.0 via Kottke.
Linus Torvald has a blog and out of the gate he has a great post on a kid’s internet usage tracker he made, nice! Linus writes… …I’m happy with the kids being comfy with a computer, but we’ve set some basic rules for it. Notably, they can’t just play all those flash games all the […]
This article shows how to hook up an Arduino to a “Bug” machine from BugLabs over the USB port. Pretty cool way to make the Bug even more interactive outside of its existing attachments and have it effect things in the physical world. Bug 2 Arduino, via Arduino Blog
Great post from Brian @ Hackszine on getting a netbook on the cheap! He writes… Things I learned today: Microsoft is encouraging people to use Live Search by running a generous rebate program. At times (such as this morning when I bought an MSI Wind), the rebate can reach 30% or higher. eBay sellers techtreasure […]
IDEO has a new lab blog that catalogs some of their projects and experiments, here’s a multi-touch display… They released the code for the FTIR server and the Flash API here if you want to check it out… At IDEO we’re all about building to think. Learning from books and websites and product demos is […]
