Phil @ Make writes: Erica has a special treat for Perl folks with Apple TVs! On Sunday, with a hundred better things to do but no incentive to do them, I put together an Apple TV plug-in that allows you to run any Perl script you place into a folder in your home directory. (/Users/frontrow/perlbin). […]
MedCosm writes – I thought it would be a neat to build a toy that records and plays back beats like a simple drum machine. For those who are musically inclined, it provides endless hours of entertainment and even has practical purposes in learning and practicing music. Even better if it used less than $5 […]
Some new (tiny stuff) from Spark Fun! GR-10 a super-tiny GPS receiver from ETek and Micro Modular Technologies – Link. DC to DC step up PCB for converting any old battery source (1.1V to 4.5V) to a 5V [I’m not sure why says patent pending on the back] – Link. More @ Spark Fun Electronics […]
Have you ever been curious about how some applications, such as MS Word or Google, can return spelling suggestions so quickly and accurately? Chances are, they are using a fairly straightforward probabilistic model, trained on a sample dictionary of common words and phrases, to determine when a word has been misspelled and to suggest the […]
This is pretty rad, play the pipe organ – and with MIDI! …Hauptwerk version 2, the pioneering virtual organ system that can bring the experience and sound of playing any pipe organ from anywhere in the world within the reach of almost anyone with a home computer and MIDI keyboard or MIDI sequencer, with incredible […]
Here’s how to make an AVR based weather station with a built in web server. For temperate a LM335 is used and a Motorola/Freescale MPX4115A for air pressure – [via] Link. Related: Davis Vantage Pro 2 Wireless Weather Station – Link. Remote weather station – Link. Make your own internet connected weather station – Link. […]
AppleTV is becoming quite the hack box, check out this RSS plug in! Link.
