Toaster as Presser
Nice life hack from 1944’s Mechanix Illustrated – Link.
Retro
iNES – Nintendo emulation on the iPod
Is there anything iPod Linux *can’t* do? iNES is a project created to port a NES emulator to the iPod – [via] – Link. Pictured here, Castlevania on an iPod. Related: MAKE Volume 02. Mod Your Pod in DIY: Mobile. Enhance your iPod with a Linux upgrade. Read it now, MAKE 02 – Page 135.
TV Wet Bar
Mechanix Illustrated 1951 – “Tired Of TV? A certain New York executive was, so he took his 19 in. receiver, remounted the front on a swivel and now he and his friends find the set much more stimulating.” – Link. This is a pretty good idea, you could mount a flatscreen on a swivel / […]
Digital Lomo project – Part II
The folks over at SushiCam finished their Digital Lomo! – “I had some time today to work on my digital Lomo project and was able to make a lens barrel in which to mount the LC-A Minitar lens. Instead of going with the PVC pipe end-cap that I originaly planned on using I had to […]
Turn a brick cell phone into a Bluetooth headset
Grooveking writes – “We are going to “Geek Out” a little here. To give you a little overview of what you will be doing, you will be taking an existing Bluetooth headset, wiring it up so it can receive charge from the existing brick phone battery (increases the talk time astronomically), and allowing the Bluetooth […]
ARPAnet – 1972
A 1972 documentary on ARPAnet, the early internet. A very interesting look at the beginnings of what is now a huge part of most of our lives – [via] Link.
RealKart: Retro game instantiation
Here’s a proposal from Clickable Culture on making a real life version of Super Mario cart – this could be accomplished with Shopper Chopper and Roomba control hacks – Link. Related: Made on Earth. Reports from the world of backyard technology, including a shopping cart go-kart, the “Solar Death Ray,” a demolished house sculpture, a […]
