Salt & Pepper film canisters
These Salt & Pepper film canisters are clever, but maybe not $35 clever…Makers you know what to do… – [via] Link.
Month: November 2007
Roomba 500 series open interface
iRobot published the 500 series (New Roomba) open interface specs, this is GREAT news and I’m thrilled that iRobot keeps opening up the interfaces for their fantastic robotic vacuums – Link (PDF). Related: HOW TO – Roomba Bluetooth Interface – Link. HOW TO – Make a Roomba Serial Interface – Link. iRobot 500 series – […]
Custom built photocell synth lays down the tracks
This photocell and knob controlled synth called “Mochika” was built by one of our Scrapyard Challenge workshop participants from Peru. The idea was to build a synth that doesn’t break the bank the way that commercial synths often tend to do. Atomosynth = Link
DIY Enclosures
I haven’t used these folks but their selection is really impressive. Might be worth checking out if you need to make or build an enclosure for a project… – Over 600 unique combinations of options are possible when you choose the DIY-1712 chassis, our most universal chassis. These options include: three base styles, 6 front […]
Run Windows apps without Windows
Handy tip from the prolific Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories on running PC apps without using Windows… One of the nice things about having an Intel-based Mac is that you can, in principle, run a variety of operating systems including Microsoft Windows. You can do this using Apple’s Boot Camp utility, or through virtual machine programs […]
OpenFire soft processor
This one is new to me, the OpenFire soft processor project – The OpenFire soft processor is an open source Verilog implementation of the Xilinx MicroBlaze processor. Like the MicroBlaze, the OpenFire is a 32-bit RISC processor based on the DLX architecture by Hennessy and Patterson. The OpenFire was developed by Stephen Craven, a PhD […]
DIY Cardboard toy kitchen
Anna writes – Hi – I don’t usually self-promote, but I made a toy kitchen for my daughter entirely from scratch using primarily corrugated cardboard that was salvaged from the dumpster. I covered the pieces in contact paper and joined them together using no glue, no nails, nothing but clever joining cuts, which makes the […]