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Amal writes – “With RFID being impervious to dust and dirt, and being totally contactless, it’s a perfect candidate for desktop authentication. In this feature, you’re going to build a covert RFID enabled USB keyboard that keeps its enhanced functionality a secret from the general public. You’ll be using open source software to enable the […]
Calhoun writes – “After a run of mini-upright cabinets, I decided to once again try out a cocktail (or sit-down) style cabinet. Based on the flat-panel iMac, this machine too is LCD-based. For space concerns, that is fortunate. I think, like Apple, I’m done with large, heavy CRT’s. “ [via] – Link.
Robert writes – “As part of their Apple 30th anniversary comic, Nitrozac and Snaggy from the Joy of Tech have posted an Apple I birthday cake how-to. It’s a hilarious and fun read… and their cake is insanely great.” – Link.
Here are 10 really interesting (and weird) keyboards, their top pick is my favorite – “The keyboard is hidden inside a decorative, washable tablecloth. The electronic is woven into a fabric, which finds itself between layers of water resistant felt as sandwich material. The soft felt surface makes it a pleasure for fingers to tip […]
Cape and Ray write – “LED fans are an easy way to add color to your rig, but mine are missing something crucial, a light switch. I’ve got four 120mm blue light up fans and they move some serious air. Their LEDs are pretty bright and have no problem illuminating my room a fair amount. […]
It has begun. The WiFi robot bunny invasion. Toms Bunny writes in with more projects for the WiFi bunny – “My nabaztag dev site, I’ve created a gAIM plugin for the nabaztag and a UK lottery notifier (with some cunning crontab entries and PHP scripts)” – Link. Then head over to Ben Hammersley’s blog for […]
Linux cluster, made from 65 PlayStation 2s! – “The NCSA has constructed a PlayStation 2 Linux cluster as a test bench for scientific computation on “toy” hardware. The cluster consists of 65 compute nodes, 4 user login and development nodes, and 1 prototype node for software installation tests. All the nodes run the Sony Linux […]
