The fabulous Lisa Katayama points to these adorable felt speakers on her equally fabulous TokyoMango blog. Whether they’re Russian stacking dolls or Kokeshi, they definitely seem like something you crafty, techno-savvy readers could easily re-create at home. Send us some photos if you do, or post them in the Craft Flickr pool.
I guess I really should salvage my old VCR. There are some useful components in there! (Via Why, That’s Delightful!)
Cooler Master shows off a “because we can” mod of a five quad 2 core CPU system (20 x single cores) stuffed inside of a single ATCS 840 PC case. 53GHz worth of computing power. A Cooler Master 1000W Real Power M PSU was used to power everything. And they used 2.5 HDDs to reduce […]
Got an iPod or laptop that needs a portable sound system to go with it? One of CRAFT Volume 07‘s awesome offerings is Syuzi Pakhchyan’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Speakers project. Using this clearly photographed and laid out step-by-step, you can make your own pair of low-fi travel speakers. Here’s an image of what you’ll need: […]
Here’s another remote dog feeder, this one using an IOBridge I/O module to handle the networking and a simple servo-controlled dispenser made from a compact disc. iPhone enabled internet dog feeder More: Internet dog feeder HOW TO – The Internet Dog Feeder
Kindle 2 taken apart via Giz.
Open source Chumby… coming to your TV set via Engadget. Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) and chumby(R) today announced the integration of the chumby rich media Internet platform into Broadcom’s latest digital television (DTV), set-top box (STB) and Blu-ray Disc(R) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions delivering cost effective, high quality and personalized user experiences to Internet-connected TVs. The […]
