Aaron writes – “idBoy is a piece of software for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. With idBoy and a simple homebrew interface, the Game Boy Advance makes a dandy bunny. It has great battery life, has square-wave synthesis audio channels (among others) perfect for producing CW (morse code) tones, and has a link port perfect […]
Chris Heathcote has a great round up of what types of hacks and projects are possible with the Nabaztag, a WiFi enabled bunny rabbit. I have one here and so far have it set react to when people visit our virtual land in Second Life – “” – Link. Related: Virtual bunny to real world […]
MAKE pal Mikey Sklar is in the New Yorker, he’ll also be at Maker Faire! – “He has no tattoos, for example, or any desire to have any parts of his body pierced. He does have a radiofrequency identification chip implanted in him, though, and he is enthusiastic about having other electronic devices implanted in […]
Ken writes – “I’ve created a modular, teleprescent, WiFi rover for $103. Pictures, CAD drawing, and more on the site. The project was created with an 8-year old laptop running Slackware Linux. Hope to add some neat gadgets like GPS, thermometer, IR…. Took my project to my local science fair this weekend and won 2nd […]
Great how-to from MAKE pal Amal! “There are many uses for RFID such as supply chain management, but access control is one of the most relevant applications for personal use. Many people use RFID access cards to get into buildings, use elevators, or even open the doors to those special penthouse type hotel suites. Setting […]
Midnight society’s cigar box radio – “On this page you will find complete plans for the Cigar Box Crystal Radio Set. This project was first published in Volume 7 of the Xtal Set Society Newsletter, but the project has been so popular that we decided to put it online. The plans were written by Joseph […]
Refik writes – “Today you cannot see an embedded device without RF (Radio Frequency) capabilities, without the option to transfer data wireless. So I decided to make a little project that can be understood, handled and implemented by everybody; simplicity rules.” – Link.
