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Picture from Landon Cox, 360VL, Inc. Landon has a great site with loads of evidence from his hardware and software explorations. Looking for a way to fly your Green Geek flag a bit? Check out the network controlled AC outlet: The impetus for this came when I was at work at a client…their offices are […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Alan from Hacked Gadgets has a clever way of repurposing a video cassette tape. This is a pretty good project, and he has a nice cave setup, too. His video shows what the project does, and he does a decent job explaining the reasons and theory behind the build. This […]
Jordan Terrell sent in this link to a DHCP library he’s been writing for Arduino Ethernet. It’s part of a larger RFID door lock project he’s working on. I knew that the Arduino Ethernet hardware and supporting library didn’t directly support getting an IP address (and other supporting information) via DHCP. I began to look […]
Johannes decided to try pushing the limits of Arduino as a desktop computing platform – I have resently been working on a project for the arduino, called Arduputer. With the project i intended to see how much the arduino could do. The current sketch is about 13kB. On the arduputer I have several programs including […]
Rahul, a sudent from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, sent us info on a project that a group of MA design studies students are doing, called Re:Collect. It’s an RFID bracelet that keeps track of common items you might carry (phone, keys, iPod, etc) and flashes, beeps, and vibrates when […]
Where do you get that special something for that special project if you aren’t quite sure what it is or where to get it? Why the MIT Flea Market, of course! The MIT Radio Society, in conjunction with the MIT UHF Repeater Association, the MIT Electronics Research Society, and the Harvard Wireless Club, sponsors a […]
Image from STEP Looking to teach sustainability in to the young’uns in your life? Try the Sustainability Technology Education Project, or STEP. There are 35 case studies on the STEP site, primarily aimed at key stage 4 students. These provide a range of examples of sustainable solutions to technology issues from around the world. Each […]
