Palm Pre WiFi tethering
Interested in using your Palm Pre as a WiFi router? Recent Pre convert Max Lee has written a tutorial that may get you closer to 3G tethering bliss.
Month: August 2009
Kingpin’s Defcon 17 badge
Every year, Joe Grand, aka Kingpin, aka The Sultan of Solder, and hardware hacker extraordinaire, designs the badges for Defcon, the annual hacker convention in Vegas. The badges are more than just conference ID badges, they have electronics on-board that do something, and conferees have to figure out what that something is. There’s also a […]
Pummer, in the wild
Spotted this nice pummer design on the BEAM Robotics Flickr pool. In the set, there’s a video of the pummer in its nocturnal mode. Pummer – sideview
Monthly best of Make: en Español
Obras robóticas del artista colombiano Mario Caicedo Monstros de Mangle Verde NES para mesa de trabajo de Miltron B Sistema de monitoreo de posición y eficiencia energética automotriz GSM + GPS + OBD2 + Google Maps Versiones robóticas de los jugadores del Barcelona: Puyol y Messi More from Make: en Español.
RadioShack soon to be called “The Shack” ?
The end of an era.. RadioShack soon to be called “The Shack” ? via Engadget. “The Shack” re-branding RadioShack is in the process of re-branding[citation needed] the company as “The Shack” as well as re-building corporate culture. This will be kicked off by a launch celebration in both San Francisco and New York featuring “14 […]
Arduino aquarium controller
Aquariums can be a lot of work, especially the saltwater variety. Why not have an Arduino handle some of the routine tasks like temperature monitoring, pH, and water levels? I had an aquarium for many years, and I would have really appreciated a little Arduino automation. More about the Arduino aquarium controller In the Maker […]
Tips on “unpresenting”
I spotted these sketchbook notes by Austin Kleon on Flickr, of a presentation that Heather Gold gave for VizThinkU. I wasn’t at the talk, but it’s amazing to me how much of the gist of it these two pages seem to convey. Heather Gold on unpresenting for VizthinkU