Bball writes – “Lots of folks lately are interested in PC case mods with plexiglass windows, fancy 5″ bay gear, interior LED lighting, and custom fan grills. I think it’s great – anything to get away from the blah-PC. I have a number of computers in the house (too many, actually), but I recently spent […]
Boston Globe has photos and a write up from the FIRST Robotics Competition – “Forty-four high school teams, outfitted in safety goggles and brightly colored T-shirts, were huddled in ”pits,” drilling holes, tightening bolts, and putting the finishing touches on the 5-foot-high robots they’d designed and built. Some looked like shopping carts with circuit boards, […]
Mac Cody writes – “Since the time that my BTC Mouse Hack was posted on the Make Blog, I’ve developed a printed circuit board using an ADNS-2610 Optical Mouse sensor and hacked an optical enclosure to hold it. The results, while not yet perfect, are very encouraging. The new sensor can be used to measure […]
CNET has a clip from upcoming NOVA DARPA robot race documentary – “In October 2005, Stanford University’s entry won the DARPA race for robot vehicles, which stretched across 130 miles of rugged Nevada terrain. This TV documentary, scheduled to premiere March 28 on PBS, features exclusive aerial video and profiles of the winner and losers. […]
I’m sort of surprised modern home phones don’t have the ability to play MP3s as ring tones as a standard feature, might make a fun project – here’s one of the first instances for the “ring tone” from Popular Electronics 1956 – [via] – Link.
Sal writes – “…I had some big plans in store for the Mini-ITX box. The plans were, roughly, to install a hard drive, move to a more powerful Linux distribution, and add PVR capabilites to the system. Because the computer was already situated in my living room, making it into a personal video recorder was […]
Eric writes – “Build your own Infrared Paint Remover. IPR normally sell for over $400, these silent paint strippers use heat to remove paint. This site gives detailed directions on constructing your own paint stripper for a lot less.” – Link.
