HOW TO – Hacking the Infoglobe
Andrew has a pretty good overview on how to hack up those Infoglobes (now available on the cheap @ eBay)… hardware, interfacing and making new messages are discussed… – Link.
Month: November 2006
e-puck education robot
I haven’t seen these in person, but the e-puck education robot looks interesting… (anyone poke around with these?) – “This project has been started at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne as collaboration between the Autonomous Systems Lab, the Swarm-Intelligent Systems group and the Laboratory of Intelligent System. The main goal of this project is […]
HOW TO – Homemade network connectivity tester
Jachin writes – “I made a pocket sized network connectivity tester out of an old Network Interface Card (NIC), Wake On LAN (WOL) cable, and a Cheap-O Computer Clock 3X “AA” Alkaline Battery Holder. No soldering required. Our school district can not afford to liven every port in a school. As a computer technician I […]
Microcontrollers 101 – Build a POV
IBM’s developer works show you how to make a “persistence of vision” device to spell words in the air with a Basic stamp… – “In this first article on microcontrollers, Erik Zoltan tells you what they are and how they work to your advantage. He presents a few simple examples illustrating how microcontrollers can be […]
MAKE & CRAFT contests ends – a huge success!
We would like to thank the Makers and Crafters around the world that entered our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Hundreds of hack-o-Lanterns, costumes, Halloween gadgets, haunted houses and more came in! The winners will be announced the second week of November (in a few days) so stay tuned! – Check out all the photos here […]
First speaker phone…?
Now *this* is a speaker phone, conference calling with a rotary dialer, awesome… Popular Science 1948 – “The busy executive can now carry on conversations over the telephone without even lifting a finger to hold it. With the Jordaphone (PSM, Oct. ’45, p. 96), a wartime development of the Jordanoff Corp., he need only transfer […]
Mac mini Cube project
Brain @ 123macmini writes – “There are mods, and then there are really nice mods. I think Anthony’s Mac mini Cube might just be the best Mac mini-based mod you will ever see. Anthony, better known as khisayruou in the forums, has been keeping me updated on the project for the last few weeks. He […]