Regis and Brad sent in their open source Pinball emulation / control software – “PinMame-HW is a derivative work of PinMame, whereas “HW” stands for “HardWare.” PinMame emulates the hardware of many (if not most) pinball machines by using the original ROM code. PinMame can emulate as many as 484 pinball machines, such as Bally, […]
How to make pressure sensitive “CoasterGlows” – “…the basic idea behind this little invention is that the coaster will light up only when there is something sitting on top of it. You can use a regular on/off power switch if you just want to be able to turn the lights on when you are having […]
Here’s how to mod a pair of cheap wireless headphones to play music from a computer across the room – [via] Link.
Here’s a sneak peek of the circuit board Joe Grand from Grand Idea Studio’s designed for the hardware hacking workshop at the Maker Faire. Joe had this prototype made so he could verify that the circuitry works. See Joe’s articles for MAKE here and come out to the Maker Faire! Join the creators of MAKE […]
Here’s how to make a Street Fighter Anniversary Edition joystick that works with your Xbox 360 – [via] Link. Related: Other gaming hacks and mods – Link. Refreshing an Old Game Controller by Ben Wheeler in DIY: Gaming. If your retro-gaming skills ain’t what they used to be, fix your joystick buttons. MAKE 02 – […]
Dave writes –“…take your dreams and turn them into engraved aluminum masterpieces, shipped right to your door. This Boss RDD-10 digital delay used to be in a 1980’s half-rack. Now thanks to a custom milled aluminum panel from Front Panel Express, it has a new form factor and a 1960’s cold war era look!” – […]
I haven’t tried this board yet, $30, looks sweet – “Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP). The […]
