Tanais writes “This is a follow up to an article I did shoehorning an ordinary Lucent Card into an iBook’s Airport slot — that was published in the Make: blog here This time I decided to use the same Lucent card but with a pair of DIY “coil” antennae to boost the signal of the […]
Remember all those cheap (under $10) MP3 players we posted up? Here’s the $6 16MB MP3 player taken apart and if you’re really motivated, you could likely pick up a new flash memory chips and upgrade it… I think it could make a good device for a talking sign or other project that needs audio… […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Photon posted up the build photos of a Nixie clock, check out each photo for solder by solder action – Link.
MAKE pal Everythingdigtal has his keyboard flashing to music, he writes – “Using an iTunes visualizer plugin from stewreo.de/keyboarddisco.html. I dimmed the backlight on the screen for better visibility of the keyboard, but the plugin can also flash the screen backlight with the music.” Link. Related: Keyboard disco – Link.
Rtourn writes “We all have old phones. Why not turn them into an intercom for your kids tree house. Or turn two old cordless phones into home base walkie talkie. Here is how.” – Link.
Here’s a super simple LED penlight you can make – Link.
Our pals at ROBOT Magazine sent some photos and this interview about Microsoft’s entry in the robot arena and what it means for educators – “Dr. Kenneth Berry, Assistant Professor, California State University and founder of RoboEducators, www.roboeducators.org, is a leading advocate of robotics in education. Dr. Berry obtained an exclusive interview with Microsoft representatives […]
