PS2 NES mod…
Fantastic upright NES mod to make it look like a PS2 – [via] Link.
Technology
Homebrew CPU
Bill’s homebrew CPU – “Magic-1 is a homebuilt minicomputer. It doesn’t use an off-the-shelf microprocessor, but rather has a custom CPU made out of 74 Series TTL chips. Altogether there are more than 200 chips in Magic-1 connected together with thousands of individually wrapped wires. And, it works. Not only the hardware, but there’s also […]
Circuit Bending is Easy
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Coloradocrim writes – “Trying my hand at some circuit bending today. Here’s what I came up with. Check out the post [here] for some sounds. Not too exciting, but there’s not much of a circuit in this thing.” – Link. Related: Circuit Bending by Sabastian Boaz, Cristiana Yambo. Modify a […]
Hard drive clock
Alan writes – “Have an old hard drive that no longer works? As long as it still spins up chances are you could build a clock out of your old hard drive! You will need some electronic knowledge, some common electronic components and a bit of patience. The clock that is produced isn’t exactly practical […]
The Bike PC…
I’m not sure if you ride this PC, boot it up (or both) – [via] Link.
Vintage tech ad scans and more
Jason Scott is digitizing a lot of old computer and tech ads from the 80’s – [via] Link. Background – Link.
NADA Rapid prototyping of physical interfaces
I saw the NADA gang last week at Etech and I’m going to try and review this, it’s a fast and easy way to control devices with Flash and Java. Robust physical computing prototyping systems are appearing continuously. More than just Lego Mindstorms, the BASIC stamp and microcontrollers, physical computing prototyping kits are a lightweight […]