I think MIT coined the term Open Courseware, but there are several other universities that are releasing lecture videos for free online. Now, tracking down a particular subject matter is made quite a bit easier because of a project titled Lecturefox. From the about page: What is Lecturefox? It’s all about the joy of learning. […]
Bidding is over, but check out this PC mod – it’s a TV receiver REKORD (Alexander Radio Factory 1961 – “a victory for soviet union – 12 channels, 16 lamps unseen image quality for the working class folks”) – Link.
If you still haven’t found that special (geeky) someone something, how about giving the gift of mini-humanoid? He farts (and makes fart jokes), he lifts his leg and urinates like a dog, he plays air guitar (and air drums). He’s a 6.5″ tall frat boy. He’s i-SOBOT, at your command. Read my review of i-SOBOT […]
Paul McGuinness wrote in about a home theater PC system he is building, and tipped us off to a GPLed software package called MediaPortal. It’s a full-featured media center package for Windows users, featuring (HD)TV, DVD, photo, music and radio support. It also has a scheduled recording feature and a bunch of other niceties that […]
Simple DIY Rock paper scissors electronic game using an Atmel ATTiny2313 chip – Link.
Johnny Chung Lee, who you may recall from $14 steadicam fame (read about it in Make:01), is also a very proficient Wiimote hacker. His latest, demonstrated in the video above, is a prototype VR system that uses the Wiimote and a head-mounted IR LED as a head tracking device. The software transforms a standard monitor […]
The XO laptop continues to be very hackable. If you haven’t ordered one already, you really should because you only have a few days. I’ve owned some pretty sweet devices in the past, but nothing compares to this. At every turn, I find something new and cool about it, and there always seems to be […]
