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For $699 this drive can duplicate 6 full DVDs per hour or 12 full CDs per hour with a 25 disc capacity and has a cool little robo arm that does most of the work [via] – Link. I’ve seen a few DIY versions (and we’ll likely see more) – but it’s not a bad […]
Adding to the list of interesting kits… EMAC has a $399 embedded Linux starter kit – “Embedded computers are integrated into all sorts of common equipment, from soda machines to incubators. Since these systems require high reliability and low failure rates, more and more companies are loading Linux onto these embedded computers. The Linux Starter […]
Neato, MAKE as DNA – “WEB2DNA will take you website, analyze it, crunch it to little bits and spit it out as a graphic representation of a human DNA. The brightness of the lines is determined by the importance of the tags in terms of structure. “ [via] – Link. Previous: HTML to MIDI – […]
The T-Mobile MDA isn’t the ideal phone (none are it seems) but I’ve put together a list of software, hacks, mods and resources to make it a pretty good laptop alternative for folks who are mobile and need a beefy phone, figured this would be useful for someone – the list includes… New ROM (more […]
Here’s another application that will sync your MP3s to a non-iPod music player or USB drive/removable card, for phones that have removable storage and can play MP3s this is a good way to manage music. Source code available – “iTunes Agent enables many non-iPod MP3 players to be used with iTunes. The project enables you […]
Voxphoto writes – “In the t-shirt laptop case shown in MAKE #06, on page 27, it looks like the laptop fits in long way round–but the way I made it, the dimensions work better this way…. End result: a soft pouch with three compartments, plus a pocket for the power brick. Keeps the dirt off […]
Looks like if you’re a member of the ARRL you can order this kit, I’ll see what I can dig up… – “The ARRL Amateur Radio Education and Technology Program has cooked up a packaged project that detects and decodes the infrared messages from a TV remote. You probably have a number of them around […]
