Here’s my new bike light, I enlisted the help of LadyAda (We used the MintyBoost’s boost converter to get 3.3v)… This is a quickie project showing how you can upgrade a vintage bike lamp for a ’60s or ’70s roadster into a powerful 1W LED light. Its much more efficient and a lot brighter! Quickie […]
Imagitronics writes – When I first set out to learn electronics several months ago, the first kit that I assembled was the Velleman Pong kit, available at ThinkGeek and numerous other online retailers. I knew right away that some day I would find a way to mod this kit and make it my own. A […]
Brian writes – OpenMoko, a project to create an open, Linux-based smartphone, and FIC (the manufacturer) have started shipping a phone for developers who want to play around with OpenMoko and get a jump start on application development, the Neo 1973, which features: * 2.8″ VGA TFT color display * Touchscreen, usable with stylus or […]
Spicy Gadget Rolls has some basic tips on extending the life of Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) batteries, commonly found these days in cellphones, laptops, mobile media players, etc… Battery Storage – If you plan on not using the Lithium battery for prolonged periods of time, then you’ll want to have the charge level at 40% and place […]
ch424 writes – This is a guide for making an LCD that connects to your computer using USB, primarily intended to be external. You can see mine here. To make the board smaller, it doesn’t have the GPOs. This thread should also be used for suggestions on how to improve the circuit, add new features, […]
Here’s a good idea. Gethuman is a huge database of customer service numbers and the touch-tone combinations that will get you speaking with a real human being. Not only is it quicker than trying to dig up customer service contact information, it helps you avoid that belabored trip through voice prompt hell. The Gethuman team […]
Andrew Mager of WebWare has posted a roundup of his picks for the best applications from iPhoneDevCamp: 10. iPhoneVote: This application was the first one presented at the hack-a-thon, and it was used as a voting system for the event… 9. AppMarks: If you have an iPhone, make AppMarks your Safari home page… 8. PickleView: […]
