Here’s an excellent walk through about how a pinball machine is made! – The following is an unabridged version of a short presentation that Pat Lawlor Design did at Pinball Expo 2001, showing the history of the MONOPOLY Pinball project from start to end. MONOPOLY Pinball was a special project in a lot of ways, […]
The Arduino platform is an affordable way to start monkeying around with microcontrollers, embedded programming, and physical computing. Hackszine reader scjohannes sent us this link to a Arduino “getting started” guide on Instructables: Do you wish to earn your geek card – pronto? Lets get started! This guide will start you on the path to […]
The Sew Useful Contest, a joint project of Etsy and Instructables just extended their deadline to July 16th, so there’s still plenty of time to get in on the act! Bre and I will be among the judges. Entries must be “useful” as well as posted on Instructables and Etsy. What counts as useful, you […]
This is great! An analog quarts clock movement driven from a parallel port, Thanks Toby! Link.
Kevin C. Tofel posts some big news+a great photo (shown above) for N800 fans: Skype support for the Nokia N800 is right around the corner. I got a chance to see it, but it won’t be available as a download until some time in July. The Nokia N800 already supports Gizmo for VoIP, but the […]
Come hang with the Brooklyn DIY crowd as we sip margaritas and browse the fabulous merch of independant artists from Etsy.com with Etsy’s Capitol Region Street Team. This is a great way to meet some new peeps and get your Friday night started right. You may even find a little something to accent your weekend […]
Automatic temp controller data logger for a slow cooker from Circuit Cellar Issue 154 May 2003 — Most chefs would argue that barbecuing is more art than science. Nevertheless, John introduced ATmega8-based technology to the procedure. The result? An automatic temperature controller that eliminates the need for constant vigilance when slow cooking. Circuit Cellar – […]
