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Amit (Sudden motion sensor / Mac OS X Internals book) has some code and article on controlling the lighting on a Macbook pro – Im sure we’ll see some type of music aware disco mod soon…. Here’s what you can do — “Retrieving readings from the ambient light sensor. Retrieving and setting the LED brightness […]
This PC case is made from a ton of dead old hard drives – [via] – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rick020200 writes – “This quick project took five household network devices, plus their power supplies, and stacked them into a nice neat package. You can do the same for as little as $8.” – Link.
Wan writes “Based on the tensegrity coffee table article, we made a cell phone holder out of some sticks and fishing lines. We had a few false starts, a couple of complete failures, and learned a few things about tensegrity based structures from making this little scale model.” – Link. Related: Building Tensegrity Models. Make […]
Steve writes “I finally got tired of my powerbook’s screen falling down when I was reclining on the couch with it, so I made a clamp that holds the screen in place when I’m exploring the ergonomics of my couch. Included are photos of the actual device and a link to the sketch up file.” […]
Hans writes – “This project decodes the port 80 diagnostic port common to nearly all PCs and displays the last component tested, in English, should the computer hang on power up self test (POST); Using a Basic Stamp I” – Link.
Sam writes “Relive the better days with this NES Controller that has been modified into a cellphone. Everything is original – the buttons and casing. This modification uses a Nokia 3200 radio and electronics because it’s so easy to get the casing off and get to the good stuff. This is probably the only phone […]
