Mechanical Typewriter Keyboard for iPad
If you like the old-time tactile quality of a classic manual typewriter, but have come to appreciate the ease of use of an iPad, you’ll dig Austin Yang’s iTypewriter mechanical typewriter keyboard.
Computers & Mobile
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Two-Way USB Communication Between iPhone and Raspberry Pi (and BeagleBone)
Alasdair Allan (author of iOS Sensor Apps with Arduino) and David House spent the weekend getting their iPhones to talk to their BeagleBones and Raspberry Pis over PeerTalk. Alasdair writes: Following up on the work I was doing last night connecting the iPhone to the BeagleBone using PeerTalk. I’ve now reached the blinking LED stage, […]
ROM Dumping Leads to Discovery of 25 Year Old Easter Egg
Adam Mayer and Trammell Hudson from NYC Resistor uncovered a series of photos stored in the ROM of an old Macintosh SE.
Giger Geiger Counter
Inside the Gigeresque enclosure by Steve D of Mad Art Lab resides functioning radiation sensing equipment capable of sensing minute amounts of radioactive material.
Cast Hand Smartphone Stand
This clever smartphone stand from Harry Allen elicits a double-take. It’s almost as if the smartphone is designed to fit within its grasp.
Arduino-Controlled Shark Detection System
Justin Hyunh wrote in to share this cool project he and Chris Ladden built: a tweeting anti-shark laser security system! A laser pointer shines on a light sensor. An Arduino detects a low reading from the sensor and uses a BeagleBoard to send a tweet to @BruceSharkAlert and also sends a text message to Justin’s […]
3D Printed Knife Sharpener
Pop Ben Chapman’s 3D printed knife sharpener onto the bottom of a standard coffee mug to use the unglazed portion of the vessel to hone a blade.