Retro Enclosures for Modern Digital Assistants
Some fun projects to re-case digital assistants in cool, retro hardware.
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“Vintage Tomorrows,” the Book, the Film, and the Golden Age of Steampunk
See the award-winning documentary about the early 21st century steampunk scene.
Chumbophone – antiqued Chumby Guts
Etsy member AbrahamBook has been bitten by the Chumby Guts bug. He’s converted several ancient objects into modern wifi-enabled chumtainment devices. I asked him about what he was aiming for in this latest piece:
My Chumby creation started with an original Chumby although I have produced three similar devices from the Chumby Guts kit. I much prefer producing my devices with the Chumby Guts kit as it is always a messier build when having to undo a stock Chumby configuration. On the occasion that I set out to create the “Chumbaphone” I had used all of my “Guts” kits and Maker Shed had since run dry
How-To: Custom wooden case for wireless charging mat
Instructables user jvalal didn’t like the look of his Powermat inductive device charging station, so he stripped out the guts and “re-skinned” it with a handmade wooden case.
How-To: Dye computer parts
If you even remotely care about the aesthetics of your computer, you’ve probably wished at some point that one or more of your components were a different color. For instance, I prefer my computers to be basic black all over, but more than once have been driven to install a beige part because it was […]
