Brass Goggles points us to the work of Andy Aaron, who crafts very steampunky, work-worn “antique calculators.” Too bad there isn’t more info on his site about how he makes them. They obviously contain modern electronics. As someone points out in Brass Goggles comments, he needs to do one with a nixie tube display. Aaron […]
Hardware hacker extraordinaire Ben Heckendorn (a.k.a. Ben Heck) is using the guts of an Xbox 360 Elite for his next project, a 360 laptop. In preparation for this, he cracked one open, did some creative deconstruction, and has documented the results in two articles. Inside the Xbox 360 Elite – Link More about the Xbox […]
Steve Lodefink has posted the results of his opaque projector build, using the giant lens he got from American Science & Surplus (see previous post below). The results are beautiful. Love the Plasticote wrinkle paint, the BelAir logo, and the Fender amp power jewel. Opaque Projector – Link Related: Huge lens: project or paperweight? – […]
Richard Nagy, better known by his online moniker Datamancer, is the star of a new Wall Street Journal video on steampunk hardware hacking. Peek Into a “Steampunk” Workshop – Link
Here’s one for the Hobo Tech file, it’s allegedly a “battery charger” that employs the Peltier-Seebeck effect — using a heat differential to generate a voltage (Seebeck Effect) and using a voltage to create a heat differential (Peltier Effect). Too bad there’s no info on the site except this captioned image. Seebeck battery charger – […]
Here’s a simple Instructable for creating an earbud cord manager out of a hunk of credit card plastic, killing two birds with one stone: unruly ‘phone cord *and* unruly spending. Earbud cord wrapper in 5 minutes or less! – [via] Link
Jeez, that was quick! – Link. It’s slow, it’s not ready for prime time – it’s an excellent start!
