Brian @ Hackszine shows you how to play Atari 2600 games on your Smartphone – Stella for Windows CE recently added support for some of the newer Windows Mobile smartphones, including QVGA devices like the T-Mobile Dash. This screencast shows how to set it up. – Link to video download. Related: Stella: “A multi-platform Atari […]
Lee writes – I regularly attend, and just completed writing a guide for three monthly public electronics swap meets in SoCal. Everything a maker desires can be found here for next to nothing: vintage radios, laptops, gauges, connectors, cables, leads, meters, scopes, tubes, you name it. The largest of the three swaps I track is […]
Here’s a pretty easy-looking programmable four-legged walking robot kit – This is a robotic model best suited for learning to simulate the quadruped’s movement through the careful manipulation of the mini-servo motor on each of its 4 legs. Through careful studying and programming, one can simulate the various movement of a quadruped such as slow […]
KXAN.com has a list of address and some tips on getting rid of junk mail – (pictured here, another option, from Redpac.com – use their business reply mails to send them back their own junk mail…) – This is the Postal Service Statement: The Postal Service must deliver all properly posted mail. You can, however, […]
Chuck has the latest week in tools for us — If you’re still using an old manual wire stripper, you might want to think about stepping up to a self-adjusting model. We spent some hands-on time with a new one from Irwin this week that made the cut. We also previewed a new “third-hand-like” vise […]
Sheekgeek shows you how to make a plastic vacuum molder using parts around the house – Plastic vacuum formers are an important part of prototyping. If you need a nice plastic robot body, or custom case for a project you are doing, get your tools, ’cause this one’s easy to build and fun to play […]
Have you ever gotten to work early due to light traffic and wished you’d slept in a bit later? Or maybe you’ve left on time, but arrived late because of a traffic jam? Greg McCarroll is working on the second iteration of a wired alarm clock that adjusts your wake-up time depending on traffic conditions. […]
