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There are a lot of makers who read MAKE with Google’s news reader (Google Reader) and now you can read it your native language with Google’s auto-translate feature they just rolled out – more details here on the Google blog… and you can read MAKE here.
Now that you can run commands as root on the Google phone, you may have been thinking about what else you can do with the device. You know, besides the usual talking, texting, and surfing while driving. The device is Linux based, sure, but the installed software is relatively spartan and there isn’t too much […]
This “useless” mod shows how to power your Thinkpad with a standard USB plug. We just hope that the maker didn’t connect both ends of this mod to the same computer, thus creating a “Vampire” power device that depletes its own battery power even faster. The USB to ThinkPad Power Supply Adapter
Inspired by the Brain Machine project, Jason created brain entrainment software for iPhone – Simply select the duration of the session and your desired state of mind and MindPulse will use flashing light and binaural beats to entrain your brain from its current state and into the state you have selected. Very cool! I officially […]
The iPhone rocket: The story (and data) of how an iPhone hit 1300ft. Peter writes – Michael Koppelman – an iPhone developer and model rocket enthusiast – decided to combine his hobbies by launching an iPhone into the skies with his very own “iPhone rocket.†Mobile Orchard’s Dan Grigsby interviewed Michael on his experiment (see […]
Horrible, gang – we need to work towards changing this… reuse and recycle locally, the video hits hard – “Where do the millions of computer monitors, cell phones and other electronic refuse our society generates end up? Scott Pelley reports.” 60 minutes & more. 60 Minutes is going to take you to one of the […]
In response to my posting of the DIY hobby o-scope item, Ken_S sent a link to his “Minimalist Oscilloscope 08M Project,” which uses a PICAXE 08M chip and a Nokia cellphone screen to create a… well… minimal oscilloscope. Given that he got the phone for a buck, he was able to build the scope for […]
