MAKE Flickr photo pool member csc934 wants to know – What would you do with fifty iMacs – In the fall of 2006, there were a bunch of Imacs in the old girl’s locker room of the middle school. Nobody wanted anything to do with them, and since there were enough of them, it seemed […]
Anfischer writes – “This a digital marionette. the later model powerbooks are equipped with a motion sensor that can be accessed by software. I wrote a small processing application that reads out the sensor. The digital representation of the marionette reacts to the sensor output and can be controlled by moving the laptop. The idea […]
Brian writes – “This is the configuration I’m using to set up my project for the Rhode Island statewide wireless network. When it’s done, it will just be the computer in the Voom PC case, the XPower 300W power pack, the solar cell, and of course the WiMax card. I plan to try it out […]
That’s right, if you want THE loudest iPod, Zune, whatever music player *this* is what you need… The iBump crossover lets you crank it up without distortion. “Freshman volume” is the sound level metric introduced to college students in their first year – it’s the highest sound level possible at which there is nobody screaming […]
datamancer.net has a great old-fashion meets modern PC mod… – “Celebrate the historical heritage of the modern Personal Computer..the way it should have been. While charming in its reticence, the buzzing beige rectangle under a desk hardly seems a fitting aesthetic legacy for what is inarguably the most important invention of the last 100 years. […]
Parallax GPS Receiver Module, $79, designed by MAKE author, kit maker & tech advisory board member Joe Grand! – “Does your project need to be able to track its position globally? When used in an outdoor environment, the Parallax GPS Receiver with its integrated patch antenna can provide standard raw NMEA0183 strings or specific data […]
MrGAmba writes – “Every once in a while you get the problem of your cell phone running out of batteries just when you haven’t got a charger at hand. This afternoon it happened to me,…. Damn empty battery and no charger for miles… At least that I know of. So what do you do ? […]
