Technology

Auto-recorder project

Auto-recorder project

Amin Rahimi’s recorder project… Being the huge band geek that I am, I decided that my project should involve some kind of musical instrument. Given the limited time that I had to complete the project, I decided to have my computer play a simple Yamaha recorder that was sitting in one of my drawers. Because […]

Nixie clock build / review

Nixie clock build / review

Yngvarr writes – Well, I built a nixie clock in the past, so why build another one? I saw this nice clock listed on makezine recently, and really couldn’t resist…The kit arrived, well packaged. You can see below that the kit maker put a lot of personal effort into this. He supplies as much as […]

DRO-350

DRO-350

Kit for reading digital scales usually found on eBay (and later for use with a mill)… The DRO-350 is a three-axis digital read-out (DRO) for import Chinese scales and most quadrature encoders that is designed to be as capable as commercial DROs but be a low cost alternative for the metal-working hobbyist. The DRO-350 is […]

Pocket PC iPhone conversion

Call it superficial, but you can really help your Pocket PC’s self esteem by giving it a face lift. It’s still Windows Mobile on the inside, so most of your apps will look and function as before, but a few free downloads will get you home screen and dialpad themes, an iPhone-like contacts list, and […]

NES-style Hydra LEGO casemod

NES-style Hydra LEGO casemod

Hydra creator Andre Lamothe sent in this cool link: Michael Zinn posted a gallery of a cool Hydra casemod that combines LEGOs with an NES design. You can read more about it in the Parallax forums Related Hydra console game development kit – Link Make Volume 10 article on the Propeller Chip – Link