Technology

Space invaders clock

Space invaders clock

Jason made a DIY space invaders clock using propeller-generated video on a vintage Sony tv, he writes- I started out today with the goal of just displaying the time digitally, but I got sidetracked with the idea of representing the time with icons instead. I ended up going with this spacer invaders concept, using the […]

AVR Oscilloscope clock

AVR Oscilloscope clock

The AVR Oscilloscope clock from Dutchtronix was covered here @ MAKE before, but I finally got around to building one – it’s great. Makes an awesome clock out of an oscilloscope. Not bad for $35… Above are some pictures from the build! It’s not actually supposed to work on a digital scope, so this was […]

Hackety Hack: Ruby for kids

Hackety Hack: Ruby for kids

In response to Friday’s post about Scratch, the visual programming language designed for kids, Ryan Briones writes: In the same vein there’s also Hackety Hack. I found out about it via the Makezine Blog – [via] Link. HacketyHack is a Ruby-based development environment and tutorial lessons designed to make it easy for kids age 13 […]