3,000 MAKE Flickr Group Members
Vrgoy alerted us that we’ve hit another milestone for MAKE, we now have over 3,000 members in the MAKE Flickr photo pool Link AND over 16,000 photos!
Technology
USB to serial project
Spikenzie writes – The USB to Serial project is a break-out board for the CP2103 from Silicon Labs. I was looking for an inexpensive Serial Port solution for my Mac, that I could build into my projects without external adapters. I have the KeySpan USA-19HS, which works very well, but it is too expensive to […]
NES on the Pocket PC and Smartphone
Paul McGuinness sent us a few more Blackjack hacks today, some of which are particular to the device, and some that apply to Smartphones and Pocket PCs in general. My favorite, though, is getting an NES emulator running on the device. I’ve played with the PocketNester NES emulator on my PPC quite a bit. You […]
Optics sequencer for 8-bit concert accompaniment
Gijs Gieskes is a Dutch hacker and circuit-bender who’s built this automated kaleidoscope machine with interchangeable optics barrels. He uses it to create visuals for his GameBoy music concerts. Camera Sequencer 1 – [via] Link
Halloween-themed Thingamagoops
Bleep Labs has created a special line of their Thingamagoop analog synth critters for Halloween. They have (l-r) a robot, pumpkin, vampire and ghost. The devices sell for $110. [BTW: Bleep Labs will be at Maker Faire Austin. Bleep Labs – Link Related: Bleep Labs photos – Link
LED lamp art
A French designer named Kei Yamamoto has created this uber LED lamp which is 20 times the size of a normal LED bulb. He writes: Not only does the product show the beauty of the LED structure, but it also creates a special visual effect on the ceiling, 12 LED bulbs are refracted through the […]
Add memory to your old Apple relics
This hack shows how to add a compact flash memory card to an Apple Powerbook 150 using an adaptor board that allows the card to be plugged into a standard IDE bus. Pretty cool if you are nostalgic about breathing life back into your old laptop-turned-doorstop. Replacing the Internal Disk of a Powerbook 150 with […]