bf5man sent us this great inside look at how they make glass beads in West Africa. From the site, “The powder glass technique of making beads is highly developed in West Africa where it’s been in use for centuries. Glass is ground into a powder, poured into moulds and baked in kilns. Often recycled glass […]
This tiny 58 x 60 x 13mm 30g MP3 player uses SD and runs off a AAA battery, for $9 USD it’s likely a good device to hack up and make a MP3 playing jacket or some type of sound storage for a sensor / trigger. [via] – Link.
The somewhat moddable and hackable WiFi enabled robo-bunnies will perform along with 100 others at the Web Flash Festival on May 27th – [via] – Link. Related: Nabaztag WiFi bunny hacking – Link.
Spark Fun has the new Blueye Bluetooth MP3 cellular bridge with moddable firmware – “The Blueye from Mavizen connects via a wired connection to any MP3 player with a 3.5mm audio jack. The Blueye then wirelessly connects to your Bluetooth enabled cell phone. When an incoming call is detected, the music is muted and a […]
Wan has a review of this little printer that prints as you move it over things, it wants to be hacked, not sure if it prints on people – “Xyron Design Runner lets you print ANYWHERE…check out the FirstLook, FirstUse, and the video. The only thing we need is for them to upgrade the reader […]
Gallery of Soviet-era gadgets and devices, the four transistor transistor radio kit is really nice – [via] – Link.
Steven writes – “This is a very simple one-evening hack… integrating the clutter of wall-warts, docking units, USB cables, media readers, and all the other other “gadget support” that usually takes the form of a sloppy tangle in the general vicinity of one’s computer. The result is a single pack with only two cables (AC […]
