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One of our favorite gadget sites (Red Ferret Journal) has a bit about a $100+ digital magnifier – pricey and something not a lot of us will buy, but you could use our past tip to make your portable digital magnifier with your cell phone camera…Link. I’ve heard about a few cameras for the elderly […]
Daniel writes – “You know all those RGB LED projects with microcontrollers and power transistors and stuff? Well, this is the almost-too-easy version. Modern two-pin RGB LEDs are cheap and pretty, and they don’t need so much as a current limiting resistor, if the input voltage is right. Just hook ’em up to about three […]
A MAKE reader sent in a video of this interesting looking 3D modelling program (called InDex by Digital ArtForms) that lets you sculpt with your hands, anyone ever try it? – Link & more.
Ordering parts is sometimes the hardest part when doing projects, Digi-Key recently updated their site making searching for things a little easier… Eventually we’ll do a screencast of a parts ordering session to show how “fun” it can be looking for the best and cheapest parts. [via] – Link. Related parts: Mouser Electronics – Electronic […]
Here’s how to server up your site for all the game systems, Harper writes – “The WordPress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack is an essential set of plugins that automatically renders an optimized version of your posts and pages when visitors come to your blog on a Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS-Lite, or Sony PSP. Each device is […]
Columbia University Computing History Timeline and archives has a great overview and photos of programming the ENIAC, one of the first large scale “super-computers” – [via] – Link. Related: History of super computers – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Off-the-Shelf Parts, Off-the-Wall Ideas. MAKE 06, page 190. Looking for the dawn of the digital […]
Tom was having problems with his Dell laptop, so he installed a Logitech Playstaion keyboard- “The Dell Latitude CPx line of laptop is notorious for having keyboards go bad and mine was no different. Not all the keys would stop working, just the 8, I and K keys. Various fixes have been posted and I’ve […]
