Now we’re talking, Windell @ Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories has a great write up of laying out printed circuit boards with open-source tools, he writes – There has historically been, and still is, a lack of good, free MacOS native EDA (electronic design automation) software. The situation has somewhat improved in the past few years […]
For all your left handed rockers, Kevin made a mod for guitar hero so you can play it south paw – [via] Link. Related: HOW TO – Build your own custom full-sized wireless … – Link. Guitar Heronoid – Android plays Guitar Hero – Link. Guitar Hero/ Funde Razor – Link. Guitar Hero + Commodore […]
Ben Heck’s PS360 controller mod… One of Ben’s most popular hacks recently was the PS360 controller, a SIXAXIS modded into an Xbox 360 controller’s shell, crashing his site not once, but twice upon its release. This project resulted in a lot of requests to duplicate this mod, showing either a very universal disdain for the […]
MAKE is an island off the nation of Wikipedia and the smaller islands of Engadget / Gizmodo – Link.
Jason writes – Whether you’re an avid electronics guru or an armchair robo hacker, you’ve probably encountered a situation where it would be nice for your project to communicate information wirelessly. David from uC Hobby wrote in with a cheap solution to the problem a $14 RF Wireless Module from SparkFun. Simple RF Wireless Link […]
I’m back to running a few miles a day, I’ve always wondered why it not only felt “normal” but why our species evolved this ability, here’s an article from Physorg that explores this… Hairless, clawless, and largely weaponless, ancient humans used the unlikely combination of sweatiness and relentlessness to gain the upper hand over their […]
Spark Fun has some new goodies in, the USB weather board looks fun… USB Weather Board We take the sensitive SCP1000 barometric pressure sensor, match it with a sensitive SHT15 humidity sensor, and we give you weather over USB! Ok, so it doesn’t really predict the weather, but you can immediately tell what the current […]
