James @ Retro Thing reviews a movie making kit from the 1930’s – “Inside the box are several complete scripts, special props mentioned in the scripts, title cards, even pre-made animated titles to splice in! Since home movies had no sound abilities, the scripts play like old silent films. This strikes me as a quite […]
Spark Fun dropped some new electronics – I really want to make a DIY MP3 player with the new board…. A ready to go VS1002 MP3 decoder board. Includes SD socket, battery holder, voltage regulation, and audio jacks. Add your choice of controllers and you’ve got a configurable MP3 player! – Link. A new beefy […]
Adding to the list of interesting kits… EMAC has a $399 embedded Linux starter kit – “Embedded computers are integrated into all sorts of common equipment, from soda machines to incubators. Since these systems require high reliability and low failure rates, more and more companies are loading Linux onto these embedded computers. The Linux Starter […]
Check out these incredible LED bicycle wheel animation using the SpokePOV kit. Mario scoring points, a running mouse, rock’em sock’em bots and Duck Hunt! – [via] – Link. Related: POV projects – Link. Light up animated Pac-Man bicycle wheels – Link.
Bleep labs added some “making of” photos to the MAKE pool of anthropomorphic synthesizer monsters – the Thingamagoop. – Link.
Under $200-ish Nixie tube clock kits – “The GeekKlok is a truly amazing designer clock, created by AWARD-WINNING DESIGNER Raymond Weisling. This clock is for geeks and nerds and gadget lovers, so it has many features not found in the typical Nixie clock, and in fact not found in most clocks of any kind” – […]
Mac 595 writes – “Here’s a low cost development tool which provides an interface from a CompactFlash Card to a Microchip PIC Microcontroller, with source code to perform byte read and write operations to the card. Also, an IDE header on the board allows access to the CF Card without a microcontroller, allowing a PC […]
