Max is still kickin it, he writes – “Okay you’ve built the digital thermometer but you ran out of ideas and didn’t know what to do with it. Well if you wanted to, you could add a Lantronix XPORT ethernet serial device to the serial channel and monitor temperature remotely over the ethernet. Now I […]
Atarien writes “What would have happened if technology had progressed faster than design? What would a 1980’s PC look like with with current hardware? The mod built had been displayed in the exhibition as if it would be a new piece of hardware of PC Expo 1981, with fakes ads, tradeshow table etc. The French […]
MAKE pal John Maushammer (who reverse engineered the firmware in all three Pure Digital disposable cameras and figured out how to connect them to home computers) sent in this amazing pong watch! He writes – “I loved the idea behind the Pong Clock and I’ve wanted to make my own watch for a while now… […]
Ben built a simple sensor that counts the number of revolutions his pet hedgehog’s wheel goes through, and then automatically blogs about it each day – Link to blog & photos.
Hey those craft engineers who did the Disco Dance Floor have a new company and sell kits now, check’em out, yay more ‘lectonic kit makers! – “Our flagship product, the Disco Dance Floor Controller Board is capable of controlling up to 192 LEDs (with 4-bit intensity control) and 64 binary switches via a USB interface. […]
MAKE pal Robert writes – “We just had our third Make:Philly meeting last night and I gave a presentation on: “Make Your Own Robots: Integrating and Controlling Popular Electronics and Robotics kits with Adobe Flash” I showed off BlueMelons BlueSense Kit, MakingThings Telo kit- talked about the new Make Kit and Vex, demonstrated a LEGO […]
I saw this at Burning Man (called the Cubatron) and it was incredible, Ryan writes – “These guys just came back from Burning man, having created the worlds largest true 3D display with a bunch of programmable LED strands. And now they’re selling them, along with a USB controller box so you can program to […]
