EETimes tool apart and fully documented Myvu Solo goggles – Virtual display glasses are nothing new (we analyzed one of the first, from Olympus, over a decade ago), but improvements have slimmed the package considerably and brought costs to levels more simpatico with consumer budgets. At $199, Myvu’s Solo brings iPod video viewing front and […]
Here’s a great couple of mods for the super small and impressive linux based Eee PC from the EEEuser forums… Johnx writes – I have completed my first Eee PC modification, this modification adds Bluetooth functionality and 16GB of flash storage. At first I intended to solder the two USB devices directly to the motherboard […]
Amazon’s new wireless e-ink reader dissected for your pleasure – Link.
Federated Media, the networked blog advertising agency and publisher (that reps makezine.com, boingboing.com, and streettech.com, among many others) has put together another one of their Holiday Gadget Guides (the first appeared last year). The Guide includes reviews of recommended gadgets and fine geekery from bloggers in the FM network, including three of your MAKE editors: […]
International Fashion Machines is releasing a kit version of their fabulous Electro-PUFF light dimmers. No special skills are needed, so it could be a fun project to do with kids or give to a crafty friend interested in “smart” materials: The ElectroPUFF Craft Kit makes it possible for anyone to create a fun and funky […]
The folks from Bug Labs just sent word that they’ve posted photos of their soon to be shipping open source hardware platform … BUG is a collection of easy-to-use, open source hardware modules, each capable of producing one or more Web services. These modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically to enable […]
Steve writes – The Tooth Tunes Musical Toothbrush plays two minute pop song clips to help kids count down an appropriate length of tooth brushing time. Suspecting that this used a transducer to conduct the sound through the bristles and into the jaw (bone conductance) I wanted to both know for sure and see how […]
