Moonlight is an open source implementation of Microsoft’s Silverlight web application platform. It’s built on top of Mono, the open source .Net project. What’s unbelievably cool is that a group of Mono hackers spent the better part of last month heads-down, creating a substantial portion of the Silverlight implementation from scratch: The past 21 days […]
Bob writes – The Arduino board is an inexpensive, open-source microcontroller board. The development environment is also open-source and freely downloadable. The Arduino board is sold in the United States by sparkfun.com. Shields are extension boards that can combine with the Arduino main board to extend it’s capabilities. That gets us to the main point […]
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories show you how to turn a C battery into a D in a jam… – Here’s a common problem: You want to power your gizmo that runs on D cells, but all that you have handy are C cells. In many (but not all) circumstances, you can solve this problem by […]
Mike is making a 3D persistence of vision bonsai tree – [via] Link. Related: POV tree – Link. Color orb audio-synchronized lamp and POV watch – Link. HOW TO – Make a golf club POV – Link. Microcontrollers 101 – Build a POV – Link. LED POV helmet – Link. HOW TO – The Super […]
If you’re not getting an iPhone, or don’t feel like waiting days in line for one, Mark has put together a nice iNoPhone” guide for some alternatives… Link.
Have you ever needed a D battery in a pinch, but could only find Cs? Since AAA, AA, C, and D batteries are all 1.5 volt cells, they are electronically interchangeable. They differ only in physical size and energy storage capacity. So, if you’re in a pinch, you can cobble together an adapter with a […]
whurley writes in with an invite for you all to have a really amazing time pushing the limits of the iPhone: Apple’s releasing the iPhone next week, and webapps were the way to go development-wise. So, Raven Zachary, whurley, and Chris Messina have teamed up on a new BarCamp inspired event: iPhoneDevCamp. For those of […]
