Jason Torchinsky had this “admittedly goofy idea” about turning an old netbook into a highly customized taillight. He’s sketched up the basic plan, and is now daring one of you to go through with it! He says that animated taillight units cost from $100 – $500, so why not go whole hog by “leveraging […]
If you’re one of the lucky folks to have received a Google Cr-48 notebook computer running Chrome OS, you might find it interesting that the same hardware can also run Mac OS X. Though it doesn’t have hardware accelerated graphics and the track pad is a little glitchy, it does seen like it could be a fun rainy day project.
Well, I finally get to let the cat out of the bag. We’ve got Pixel Qi screens available in the Maker Shed as of today.
Check out this slick tablet mod from alexbates. Chopped and channeled 1.6 GHz MSI Wind U100 sporting 120GB HDD and 2GB RAM
This sturdy, portable DIY netbook stand is perfect for smaller models between 7-10 inches.
Netbook hacker Rob928 created this excellent tablet mod by tearing apart his Dell Vostro A90 netbook, adding a Hoda Technology solderless touchscreen kit, and filling in the gaps with plastic epoxy.
Zipit hacker Hunter Davis runs through installing Linux on the low-cost WiFi connected IM device in his latest tutorial.
