DIY E-Paper Kit
$3,000, but it’s tempting…E Ink’s Active Matrix Electronic Paper Display (EPD) Prototyping Kit is designed for product designers, engineers and technologists who want hands-on access to a high-resolution paper-like display. The kit includes a production sample of a 6″ SVGA (800 X 600) active matrix display made using E Ink Imaging Film, along with all of the hardware and software necessary to produce a fully functional portable device. The prototyping kit is based around the Gumstix single-board computer, which combines a 400 MHz Intel XScale® PXA255 processor with a Bluetooth transceiver, USB, a serial port and an MMC card reader. For mobile prototyping, the kit also includes two Li-ion batteries with a total capacity of over 4000 mW-h, and an integrated battery charger. [via] Link.
Michael writes “Here’s a tool to convert RSS feeds to lyrics files which can then be displayed on a MP3 Player. Many MP3 players have the ability to display lyrics to songs. I believe that this feature is not used by many people but it can be really useful. Why not read your daily news on your player.” 
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! 
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.” 
The Melloman, uses Walkmans and cassette tapes to play original Mellotron samples, or whatever cassette tapes you want to put in. Inside the box, there are 14 continuously running Walkmans mounted side by side. The first Walkman is designated for drums, and the next 13 provide sampled loops for 25 notes. [
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... 
