Technology

Why We Mod

Why We Mod

Halo 2 Hacks author Stephen Cawood found this excellent video from ExileLord of halomods: As many of you know, Halo 2 modding for the most part now has a blackened name thanks to some members of the modding community. Due to the easiness of Xbox “softmodding” and the ease of getting the files required to […]

The Oscilloscope artist

The Oscilloscope artist

The RatCave writes – The Oscilloscope Artist originally appeared in the November, 1975 isssue of Popular Electronics. It creates all sorts of fascinating moving geometric patterns on an oscilloscope screen. It took me 24 years to build one. The Oscilloscope Artist – Link. Related: Oscilloscope art – Link.

Student microcontroller projects

Student microcontroller projects

Bruce writes in – Over 30 new microcontroller projects were produced in the last month of ECE476 at Cornell University. The students were given the responsibility of choosing their project, then designing and building it using AVR Mega32 MCUs and Codevision C or GCC. New projects include laser-pong, MIDI devices, a model retina, video games, […]

DIY cold cathode lamp

DIY cold cathode lamp

Faceless105 writes – The Ultimate lamp for any die hard computer user. This is a pretty simple process to build and I was really satisfied with my end product. Now like any computer mod project I do have a worklog posted here so you might find any questions you need already answered here.. instructables : […]

Sugar Batteries

Sugar Batteries

This battery tech sounds sweet: Juicing up your cell phone or iPod may take on a whole new meaning in the future. Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri have developed a fuel cell battery that runs on virtually any sugar source — from soft drinks to tree sap — and has the potential to […]