By way of Ladyada comes this tidbit from this morning’s iPhone OS 3.0 press conference. She writes: Ryan Block from GDGT has some major news from the iPhone 3.0 press conference, pretty soon you’ll be able to make/hack/add any accessories to the iPhone – wow! We’ll see some Arduino projects shortly. 10:20AM – Apps talk […]
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How is your holiday hacking going? If you have been good, Santa has stocked you up with lots of clever goodies to keep you and yours entertained. Below are a few things that I found in my stocking and am looking forward to fussing with: Disposable battery/charger for cellphones. At two dollars (frugal Santa), if […]
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From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Patrick writes – A lamp I designed and built out of various pipe materials I got from Home Depot. It has a water valve style dimmer switch. Video of the dimmer system coming soon! Well done! This could add an inviting yet appropriately industrial look to a workbench setup. […]
Continue ReadingCreate Digital Music, Etsy, and MAKE join forces to bring to life another night of audio-crafting delight – July 8th @ the Etsy Labs. Come see a myriad of sound-bearing ideas made real – Chiptune game-music Wireless sensor driven sound Wii balance board instrumentation Custom software for sound-mutation Experimental MIDI controllers of oddity If you’re […]
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var digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/arts_culture/Crest_Hardware_Art_Show’; Every year the Crest Hardware store in Williamsburg Brooklyn hosts a collection of work from local artists. The entertaining and often humorous art is displayed along side a familiar selection of tools and supplies. Store manager Joseph Franquinha explains – My father, Manny, has always impressed upon me the importance of […]
Continue ReadingYou can add “drum machine” to your list of things you can do with dead hard disk drives. HDD drum machine (connection/synchronisation test)
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If your all-time favorite simple machine is the helical inclined plane, if words like “panhead,” “countersink,” and “Pozidriv” have a mysteries hold over you, if your idea of fun is looking at vintage YouTube footage of Soviet-era screw-drive vehicles (and whose isn’t?), you’ll want to bookmark the singular hardware high weirdness that is the Screw […]
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