iRobot published the 500 series (New Roomba) open interface specs, this is GREAT news and I’m thrilled that iRobot keeps opening up the interfaces for their fantastic robotic vacuums – Link (PDF). Related: HOW TO – Roomba Bluetooth Interface – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – Link. iRobot 500 series – […]
I haven’t used these folks but their selection is really impressive. Might be worth checking out if you need to make or build an enclosure for a project… – Over 600 unique combinations of options are possible when you choose the DIY-1712 chassis, our most universal chassis. These options include: three base styles, 6 front […]
Handy tip from the prolific Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on running PC apps without using Windows… One of the nice things about having an Intel-based Mac is that you can, in principle, run a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows. You can do this using Apple’s Boot Camp utility, or through virtual machine programs […]
Handy dandy DIY IR widget – The IR Widget captures the infrared signals used by remote controls. It operates in a way that makes it compatible with modern multitasking operating systems. It is able to determine the carrier frequency and demodulate the carrier in the digital or analog domain. The captured information can be used […]
Rich Burridge writes: This is a GreaseMonkey script that works with your website. If enabled, it will replace the contents of your main page with a list of categories and under each category heading, will be a list of all your posts to that category. Very handy to see everything you’ve created in the past, […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Yang02 made a cool hat, I’m not exactly sure what it does but it appears to light up when it gets dark, it might also blink – Link.
How to wire a greeting card sound chip to a keyboard key on a mark’s computer. Hilarity (or an ass-whipping) you can bank on. This is basically the same hack we blogged about before (see below), but these instructions hold your hand a bit tighter. How to make a prank musical caps-lock keyboard – Link […]
