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Google just launched a new “build your own website” service – Google pages. You get 100mb and it seems like unlimited bandwidth, I made a quick test here – so far no Google adsense on the pages. It’s pretty easy to use, and for the Makers out there that want something simple to document a […]
Slick looking case mod made from aluminum in an old monitor. Ville ‘Willek’ Kyro writes – “I made the roof for the case out of an old CRT monitor’s aluminum shielding. This is basically an aluminum plate with lots of holes in it. For the front and back I made two aluminum plates, with hexagonal […]
CandyAddict writes – “This is a PIC microcontroller project which turns the computer’s hard drive LED into a more interesting 10 LED bargraph display.” Link.
Here’s a clever add-on for your cell phone that can give it up to 8 GB of memory – you just pop it in the card slot and stick the memory on the back of the phone. The memory upgrades are compatible with all phones using a MicroSD or T-Flash connections. [via] Link.
Pete writes – “Preserving the Knowledge of the Ancients? I’ve found that most of the technical books published before about 1964 never had their copyrights renewed, so now are in the public domain. So I am endeavoring to digitize and post some selected books relating to the “vacuum tube age” of electronics here.” This is […]
Micke Gustafsson’s amazing case mod for his son – “My son loves Spiderman so naturally when I asked him how he wanted his new case themed, he didn’t even blink. Spiderman it is then. Thankfully, Spiderman has been around in various forms for over 40 years, including comic books, TV shows and several highly successful […]
Here’s how to make a 3D display for cell phones and LCD screens – From the site: “We present a novel, inexpensive, stereoscopic technique for generating 3D images from cellophane on a liquid crystal displays which are most typically used for a laptop screen or a camera phone screen. Stereoscopy requires independent manipulation of the […]
