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A MAKE reader writes – “After playing with various WiFi setups for a community network for the past three years, I discovered Meraki which is testing an easy to use setup for a mesh network (based on mit roofnet). The hardware was not designed for outdoor use so I used sch 40 pipe to make […]
Neat, grab this torrent and give the CDs away as gifts or put on flash drives – “A “Wikipedia CD” has been made available for download on BitTorrent.com. The CD comprises of over 2500 hand-picked educational articles aimed at helping schools enhance their curriculum and children learn. WikipediaThe CD has been compiled by volunteers for […]
Not a bad case mod for a PC, a trash can, you can keep this next to your desk and no one would ever think to steal it! – [via] – Link. Related trash computing: HOW TO – Turn an old CRT monitor into a trash can – Link. Waste paper can computer case – […]
There is a “Smartphone Smackdown” in NYC @ the Samsung Experience Center Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, a couple folks I know are speaking there so I’m going to pop by with the phones I roll with to see how bad they get smacked… If you’re in NYC stop by, there will be lots […]
MAKE author Erica Sadun dropped the d0cs on the USB protocol for the Zune, the protocols inclcude: Device certificate, folder and device properties specifically Zune, plus its supported filetypes, sneak around bitrate limitations imposed by the Zune software, playable File/Object types and the object properties supported for each one, supported operations and other USB protocols. […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member csc934 wants to know – What would you do with fifty iMacs – In the fall of 2006, there were a bunch of Imacs in the old girl’s locker room of the middle school. Nobody wanted anything to do with them, and since there were enough of them, it seemed […]
Anfischer writes – “This a digital marionette. the later model powerbooks are equipped with a motion sensor that can be accessed by software. I wrote a small processing application that reads out the sensor. The digital representation of the marionette reacts to the sensor output and can be controlled by moving the laptop. The idea […]
