Android/XP Frankenbook hybrid device
The Institute for Information Industry in Taiwan have cobbled together from existing parts a truly unique device. It’s part netbook, part tablet.
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Roger Wood’s Klockwerks
Tucked away on an unassuming post-industrial avenue in Toronto, Canada, is Roger Wood’s Klockwerks. A self-identifying Steampunk clock-maker, Wood is a collector and fabricator of romantic artifacts and oddities. As an artisan of fantasy his work is an amalgamation of timepieces and neo-Victorian aesthetic. If you’re familiar with the Klockwerks Chronulator, featured in Make: Online […]
Make: Projects – Thermochromic Maker’s Notebook
Here’s an easy hack for your Maker’s Notebook that’s sure to get noticed: Buy some thermochromic liquid crystal (LC) film and attach it to the cover! Originally I bought LC film from US suppliers and tried gluing it on. I tested three different adhesives (3M Super77, DAP Weldwood Contact Cement, and Elmer’s Craft Glue) and […]
Hunting strange waves with hacked circuits
The Electromagnetic waves sent out by modern living can make for some decidedly eerie soundscapes – and some very interesting exploration. Radiolariax uses a variety of devices to listen in on the otherwise unheard – The hunt for weird radio signals and other electromagnetic waves with small, cheap modified radios, cassette players, walkie-talkies, dictaphones, babyphones, […]
“Eyes-Free” Android interface
The MIT Technology Review website has an article highlighting the work of T.V. Raman and Charles Chen, two Google engineers working on an eyes-free interface for Android.
Ghost Phones at Maker Faire Bay Area
In our Spy Tech issue of MAKE, Volume 16, artist and concept designer Greg MacLaurin showed us how to make a Ghost Phone (of the Judy Garland persuasion). Ghost Phones are “interactive modifications of the ancient and nearly arcane dial telephone system.” By hiding an MP3 player inside a telephone, you can have a one-sided […]
Antique military headset for gaming
Joe Bower got a Vietnam-era US Army Radio Headset in an antiques/surplus store, sealed in the box, for $15. Using a dissected Molex cable and a cheap 2.5mm headset jack, he was able to get the set working with Xbox Live. Now Call of Duty has that extra note of authenticity (especially ’cause there’s extra […]
