The The Online Photographer picked up the Walgreens $10 digital camera and promptly dissects it – “Contemplate the miracle. It can’t have a manufacturing cost much over $2 for a device that can electronically photograph a scene, digitize and process it into an image file, store it, and send it to your computer. Plus, it […]
The students @ UAT wrote in with their Xmas tree hackery… – ” A few students at The University of Advancing Technology got into the Christmas hacking spirit this weekend and surprised the campus attendants on Monday morning with a TCP/IP enabled Christmas tree. The tree has been the centerpiece of holiday decorations at the […]
Marie sent in this digestive table, wow! – “I thought this was interesting and kind of icky, but… Amy Young has created a “digestive table” featuring “a living ecosystem of worms, sowbugs and bacteria ” and an LCD screen on the table top for viewing infrared footage of the creatures as they process your food […]
By Arwen O’Reilly Arwen O’Reilly here, reporting from the No Coast Craft-o-Rama in Minneapolis. The one-day event was held in the Midtown Global Market, so the craft vendors were tucked in next to fantastic food and traditional crafts from around the world. This is The Craft-o-Rama’s second year, and it was packed: almost 1,000 people […]
Tim writes – “Hi, I have been working for the last couple years on my own version of the Rancilio Silvia mod documented in the excellent Make 4… …a PIC 16F876 microcontroller brain, a 20 character VFD display, nintendo controller, three zero-crossing solid state relays, IC thermometer, laser cut acrylic top, cold cathode ground effects […]
Maize Hutton took on the challenge herself to create a DIY project that costs less than 5 bucks! By decorating some 35 mm cameras with alphabet, flower, and gem stickers, she’s created a fun personalized gift that’s perfect to capture the holiday memories. Link.
Raphael sent in this rad Atari style joystick/controller to USB adapter – “When playing games from the 8bit computer era, I believe that gameplay is better using a real joystick from the time. It’s more fun :) Many people like me have been happy doing this with simple homebuilt parallel port adapters for years but […]
