Month: September 2007

DIY RAM checker?

DIY RAM checker?

Garrett writes in with a request, a DIY RAM checker, anyone ever hear of a DIY version? – Dear Publisher: I have recently found your magazine…its great…and this is from someone who has never done any type of electronic project or task as I read in your magazine. Although I work in the computer industry […]

Newsknitter

Mahir M. Yavuz and Ebru Kurbak, students at Kunstuniversität Linz, have created Newsknitter, a process through which headlines are transformed into beautiful patterns on unique sweaters. They write: “News Knitter converts information gathered from the daily political news into clothing. Live news feed from the Internet that is broadcasted within 24 hours or a particular […]

VGA over Cat-5 cable

VGA over Cat-5 cable

Jason @ Hackszine writes – If you’ve ever needed to place a VGA monitor further than the standard 6 foot cable allows, you may be familiar with some of these problems: * VGA cables are expensive * Several cables chained together affects signal quality * Running a VGA cable through conduit is pretty difficult You […]