Xbox 360 Chatpad disassembly
Photos of the disassembly of the brand-new Xbox 360 Chatpad, showing the PIC16F883 it contains which makes it ripe for hacking, thanks Steve! Link.
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PC keyboard to an AVR
Simonetta writes – A simple program demonstrating how to interface a standard PC keyboard to an AVR. In assembler for Tiny11 but adaptable to all AVRs. There are two routines. An interrupt routine that collects the bits sent from the keyboard into a byte, and the routine to parse these bytes into ASCII. PC keyboard […]
Microwulf: A personal, portable Beowulf cluster
Here’s a lower cost way of making a sorta-supercomputer, it reminds me of the computer from Pi… – Microwulf is a personal, portable Beowulf cluster, providing over 26 Gflops of measured performance, for less than $2500. Its dimensions are just 11″ x 12″ x 17″, making it small enough to fit on one’s desktop or […]
Eyelash switch: cyborg-style human interface device
With some conductive fabric and spirit gum, you can make a simple binary switch that attaches to your eyelids. Andrew Schneider used some of these to make a polaroid camera that takes a snapshot when you blink. When I first saw these, I was reminded of cyborgs in television and film and how they typically […]
No-budget multi-touch interface?
This video of a DIY multi-touch interface in tantalizingly cool, but there’s little detail. So far. More is promised. But then, that was back in June. DyeSight $2 Multi-Touch Pad – [via] Link
Xbox “Mini” Casemod
Nice modding of a first-gen Xbox into an “Xbox Mini.” In the foreground of the mobo (in front of the cooling fans) can be seen the builder’s custom PSU (power supply unit). Gorgeous case. Introducing Xbox Mini – [via] Link
Arduinos are back in stock…
The last time these were in our store they sold out in a couple days – The Arduino is a tool for making computers that can sense and control more of the physical world than your desktop computer. It’s an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development environment for […]
