CrunchGear getting in on the manifesto action – I think we’ll see more people and more gadget sites tuning in, turning on and encouraging warranty voiding as companies try to be more restrictive. MAKE readers do not likely need any (more) encouragement :) but if you visit other techy sites people still are screwdriver adverse. […]
This fun project reminds me of the video wall in the Arno movie Total Recall. •Custom Winscape software with configurable screen parameters •Two HD plasma displays for great contrast and wide viewing angles •Video playback resolution of 1920×1080 with sound •Still-image resolution of 4096×4096 •Fully embedded in the wall for aesthetics and silent operation •Tracking […]
Scratch – the educational programming app was removed from iTunes store – Here’s a post from the Scratch forums – …Apple has banned all third party software from creating ipod apps. What they did to scratch was nothing compared to what they did to Adobe. Flash CS5’s biggest feature was the ability to make flash […]
From the FORM group. [Thanks, Cat Rocketship!]
For iPhones, unauthorized repair shops flourish @ The NYTimes… Brendan McElroy’s living room in an apartment on the top floor of an East Village walk-up is crowded with anxious patients, each one jiggling a knee, or gnawing on a fingernail or lip. Mr. McElroy, right, at work on Nico Sterlacci’s iPhone in Mr. McElroy’s Manhattan […]
Using nothing more than a bubble wrap envelope, double-sided tape, and some duct tape, maker Frank Hsueh created a unique and sturdy carrying case for his tablet computer.
The folks at iFixIt hired the computer forensics muscle of Chipworks to X-ray, cross-section, grind through, and thoroughly photograph the Apple A4 processor used in the iPad. Here’s some of what they found: * The A4 package has three layers: two layers of RAM (Samsung K4X1G323PE), and one layer containing the actual microprocessor. * This […]
