This will likely unlock a ton of cool projects…PodConsole adds a DB9 serial interface to your ipod, via the plug next to the headphone jack. This can be used for a tty console if your ipod is running linux or you can control your ipod with your computer and the ipod protocol. [
HOW TO make a Nintendo controller mouse
If you are like me you get really excited when you find two Nintendo controllers at the Salvation Army. One was priced at $1.00 and the other at $.37 (i didn’t fight the pricing). Of course, they get home and meanwhile occupy a part of my brain that is like a broken stove. There is this back burner that is constantly on. Ideas get on there and just simmer away. So the idea for one of the controllers was to make it a card reader that i can plug my sd or compact flash cards into to transfer files. Sunday morning i came up with my idea for the second one… make it a mouse. Link.
Hacking the CVS Disposable Camcorder (another HOW TO)
Here’s another great HOW TO on hacking the CVS Disposable Camcorder. It’s pretty much the same as our MAKE HOW TO but uses a Palm III sync cradle as opposed to the cable in our HOW TO that was also used for Palm devices. Photos, instructions and software download…Link.
Interactive coffee table
Like the desk in THE ISLAND…HP has created a futuristic concept coffee table that will allow you to share images and information with others from the comfort of your sofa rather like a large web tablet with legs. The large coffee table design with a touch screen has been designed to complement other media devices in the home and will allow users to view information without having to rely on the television as the main point of call. Users will be able to interact with the “Misto” table by grabbing images or content and moving them around just as you would if you were sorting papers on a table or desk. Thanks Blue! [via] Link.
HOW TO make a CPU moonshine still…
A CPU based moonshine maker. The basics of distillation are simple, you heat alcoholic fluid until the alcohol starts to evaporate, then you cool it so it condenses elsewhere into pure alcohol. To put it simply, the key components are a heating device and a cooling device. Now the average PC, has both a heating […]
DIY amp’ed Congo music…
NPR_Nut writes “A group of musicians took centuries-old instruments from the forests of Congo, brought them into the city – and plugged in! Their do-it-yourself amplification devices conjure up garage bands. African punk music from Konono Number One.” Link (WindowsMedia audio). Wow, this is really great- they also talk how they made the DIY pick ups.
HOW TO make a USB IR receiver
Decent HOW TO for USB IR receiver …the construction is not that easy as for the serial IR receiver, but it should not be a big problem for an amateur solderer to solder the circuit referring to the following instruction. Since I wanted to build up everything as small as possible, it took me quite some time fiddling around to develop the following circuit. Link.