Technology

The Hardware book is the internet’s largest free collection of connector pinouts and cable descriptions. All pages have the same style of presentation. This makes it easier to find information… Great stuff, bookmarked! Link.

David writes “I noticed the powered paint can project that was posted and thought I’d submit a similar thing. Lalya Gaye, myself, and others in Gothenburg, Sweden have been running DIY electronics outreach workshops that cost participants only for the parts. This workshop was to create devices called Portable Art Noise Things (PANTs), which were self-powered speakers amplifying a contact mic. We love contact mics in performance and wanted to be able to take them on the road. Participants were encouraged to bring their own containers to personalise, it also created a huge variation in the sounds that these things created.” Link.

Great article on Gizmodo’s frog Design Mind – As we spend more time communicating, playing, and working in the digital world, our expectations and ways of acting will transfer to the physical world. Digital objects are, above all, plentiful, easily copied and easily shared. And they are beautifully malleable. We transform them, recombine them, share them some more. Photos are Photoshopped, music is remixed, code is developed co-operatively, web applications with open APIs are mashed together... Link.

New quarterly magazine, starting November, about robots! “Robot will make the exciting world of robotics more accessible than ever to established robot hobbyists, entry-level enthusiasts and mainstream consumers who are curious about the latest developments on the new frontiers in robotics,” says Tom Atwood, the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief.” [via] Link.