Let There Be Speech
How do you make a $200 computer for blind kids?
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Homebrew — My Microprocessor
I didn’t set out to build a microprocessor. It just sort of happened.
Hands On — Get a Life
Makers of virtual goods earn real cash in Second Life.
Made On Earth — Gods of Thunder
Innovative engineering is often an iterative process of refinement and testing. For Nelson Pass, this means constructing ever-huger sound systems, and then field-testing them by throwing ever-louder parties.
Weekend Project: Stun Gun Potato Cannon
Launch potato projectiles 200+ yards with this stun-gun triggered, high-powered potato cannon with see-thru action. Get the PDF for this project here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/08/weekend_project_water_barrel_water.html. More great projects at http://www.makezine.com
Retro Computing — Cloning an Apple I
Many hobbyists are beginning to rediscover the appeal of classic microcomputers from the 70s and early 80s.
Made On Earth — Nixie à la Mode
A furniture maker by day, Andrew Argyle had been making clocks for years when he discovered that eBay had made previously obscure nixie tubes easy to obtain.
