Brian @ Hackszine shows you how to play Atari 2600 games on your Smartphone – Stella for Windows CE recently added support for some of the newer Windows Mobile smartphones, including QVGA devices like the T-Mobile Dash. This screencast shows how to set it up. – Link to video download. Related: Stella: “A multi-platform Atari […]
Here’s a pretty easy-looking programmable four-legged walking robot kit – This is a robotic model best suited for learning to simulate the quadruped’s movement through the careful manipulation of the mini-servo motor on each of its 4 legs. Through careful studying and programming, one can simulate the various movement of a quadruped such as slow […]
KXAN.com has a list of address and some tips on getting rid of junk mail – (pictured here, another option, from Redpac.com – use their business reply mails to send them back their own junk mail…) – This is the Postal Service Statement: The Postal Service must deliver all properly posted mail. You can, however, […]
Have you ever gotten to work early due to light traffic and wished you’d slept in a bit later? Or maybe you’ve left on time, but arrived late because of a traffic jam? Greg McCarroll is working on the second iteration of a wired alarm clock that adjusts your wake-up time depending on traffic conditions. […]
Jonny over at NippyChips reviewed our MAKE Daisy open source MP3 player – This is a great little MP3 player and was a blast to put together, and fit into the neat case that I found. I would highly recommend this to anyone interested in electronics. The kit makes the whole process simple, and a […]
One of benefits of stocking open source hardware kits @ the Maker store is you can always improve upon the design or just do something slightly different – so here’s a modification to the MintyBoost kit using a new boost converter chip to squeeze out even more juice. Ziemaginations writes – …the most apparent change […]
If you spend a lot of your time with resistors, this is funny. xkcd – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language – By Randall Munroe – Thanks Brian! Link. Related: What are the most important charts, formulas… – Link. Read color coded resistors – Link. HOW TO – How to read a resistor […]
