The beta-v24 version of the DD-WRT firmware has a new feature that allows it to function as a standalone range expander. This is similar to the functionality provided by a wireless distribution system (WDS) network configuration, but unlike traditional WDS, the repeater router emulates a standard client connection to the parent router. This eliminates the […]
Bill writes in with a fun art installation that gets bigger the more it is blogged…- “Blogged” is an interactive installation artwork and one day net event dealing with the concept of being ‘blogged’. It attempts to pop 6 feet in diameter red balloon by using traffic from blogs linking to http://billshackelford.com/home/portfolio_blogged. It runs on […]
Jon writes – The Millett Hybrid Maxed, or Millett MAX, or MAX for short, is a vacuum tube and solid state hybrid headphone amplifier. It is the latest refinement in a series of headphone amplifiers that began with Pete Millett, its namesake. This is a fantastic headphone amp. The design even includes vacuum tubes illumniated […]
Dave writes in – I wanted to see how few parts I could use, from what I had on hand, to build this clicking blinking LED device based on a 555 chip. This article was submitted by Lee Bornifield as part of the “Hobby parts for articles ” program. Write something of interest to electronic […]
CMUcam3 is an open source programmable embedded color vision platform, you can get a CMUcam is a few places (listed on the site)… Including Seattle robotics… The goal of the CMUcam project is to provide simple vision capabilities to small embedded systems in the form of an intelligent sensor. The CMUcam3 extends upon this idea […]
This Arduino variant (Bare-Bones Board) looks great! Modern Device Company is a modest website to make available some of the circuit boards and electronic projects that Paul Badger has designed for use in his physical computing classes. Right now the site is focused on a variation of the Arduino, called the Bare-Bones Board. More custom […]
Google released a new Javascript API today called Gears that makes it possible to write modeless web applications that will function offline. A browser plugin is available for IE and Firefox (OS X, Linux, and Windows), with Safari support planned for the near future. The plugin will need to be installed by users of Gears-enabled […]
