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MAKE has “virtual land” in Second Life, a 3d virtual world where you can make anything, build things and anything else you can imagine. In our MAKE:land area you can preview our “virtual edition” of MAKE as well as watch movies and meet other virtual makers – and now, when you visit MAKE, in the real world, I get a message on my wrist watch…here’s how we did it – You could also do this to get a text message or email on your phone…
MAKE pal Chris Ford writes “The FLY pentop computer from LeapFrog is a new toy that Leapfrog is putting out. It is supposed to be released Oct 12. It recognizes handwriting and repeats what is written. I had the pleasure of trying one out last night and was absolutely blown away. It’s writing recognition is exceptional (I have horrible penmanship and it didn’t even skip a beat). It works as a scheduler and keeps your appointments. It does math (basic arithmetic)…
Launch your phone/mobile browser and head over to www.winksite.com/make or go to the WINKsite home page from your desktop and (with popups not blocked) click on the “MAKE: Magazine” link on our left side bar under the “Featured Sites” area with your phone. Here are all the things you can do with MAKE from your phone!…
The Sony Librie is an e-ink ebook reader. It’s stunning. The display looks so “real” it appears as if it’s a sticker or printed on the screen. The bad news is, the ebook format is some wacky DRM Sony put on it, so you can’t get any ebooks on it you own. But with some firmware hacks, converters and the step by step how-to I’m writing up you can- it’ll take me awhile, there’s lots to do- but for now here are some photos of some tests (MAKE Blog and Cory Doctorow eBooks so far…)
Here’s a pretty simple way to make the camera on your iPhone into a decent one. Create a macro-lens for your iPhone by taping a broken digital camera lens to the camera and attaching it with a paper clip. Pretty nice. Macro-Lens hardware Mod – [via], Link
Improv Everywhere brought desktop computers into Starbucks, complete with CRT monitors, and went about their compubusiness. It’s called Mission: Mobile Desktop. Try it at home! – [via] Link.
Design news latest “Gadget Freak” has a DIY security system that will call you when something is up… – Gadget Freak Bill Bowden has created a security system that calls you when an alarm is triggered. You can set it up to indicate intrusion into a door, window, office or pool. It can also connect […]
