Bluetooth NES controller for Android
Check out this Bluetooth NES controller Sk3tch pieced together from parts and an Arduino with a blueSMIRF Bluetooth module.
Computers & Mobile
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Print-cut-fold Google map envelope generator
I actually had to send some snail-mail recently and remembered the clever Google map envelope trick from Beste Miray Dogan that made the rounds awhile back. Turns out, a friendly bloke named Stephen has created a handy generator website that lets you input your return address and then automagically creates a printable cut-and-fold pattern.
Build a GML tag recorder, win 1200 euros
Evan Roth wants a Graffiti Markup Language tag recorder badly enough to pay 1200 euros for one. GML Field Recorder Challenge An easily reproducible DIY device that can unobtrusively record graffiti motion data during a graffiti writer’s normal practice in the city. Project Description and Design Requirements: The GML Field Recorder Challenge is a DIY […]
The $5 iPhone Microscope Mod
The $5 iPhone Microscope Mod by Crabfu!
Home-brewed, tenth-scale Cray-1A
When NYC Resistor’s Chris Fenton wanted a Cray, he wasn’t talking about a casemodded PC. No, he really wanted his own Cray. His exhaustively-researched machine simulates the functionality of one of the old-school supercomputers, to the point where he’s researching old Cray resources looking for programs to run — apparently you can’t exactly download Centipede […]
How-To: Watt-style mechanical governor
Adam Richard Cooper built this hand-cranked model of a classic mechanical governor–which, as MachinistBlog succinctly put it “regulates the speed of steam engines by acting as a negative feedback system”–and made the dimensional drawings and build notes freely available for download at his site. I like the idea of a hand-cranked governor model, particularly, because it provides tactile feedback of the device’s purpose: You crank it faster, it gets harder to crank.
DIY FlashBender
If you’d like to get more control over you flash and a regular bounce card doesn’t cut it, then try this handy DIY FlashBender by Bob Jordan.