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If you’ve ever wanted to build your own charger that works with the latest Apple devices, here’s how (schematics and video)… In this 7 minute video we explore “The mysteries of Apple device charging“. Usually device makers need to sign a confidentially agreement with Apple who want to say “works with iPhone / iPod” and […]
Sick of being harassed just for trying to extend the functionality of your graphing calculator?
Ouch! Clever forum member pulletsforever wanted to be able to read MAKE on his iPad, and in the process of poking around, found a security vulnerability that lets anyone download complete PDF copies of the MAKE digital edition.
And we’re back with our ninth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Alan wondered if the Current electric motor scooters were being reinvented: While visiting China a few years ago, I noticed that about every fifth vehicle passing me on the […]
Usually found on custom cars and sporting goods, the carbon fiber look is easily achieved with adequate funds and plenty of time. For about $8 XDA member My_Name_Is_Neo wrapped a Nexus One in a custom carbon fiber skin.
Geek Dad John Knight built this “Electromagnetic Geospacial Globe and Remote View with Obligatory Goggles” with RFID tags and reader (Touchatag) to remote-control Google Earth on a steampunk’d tablet computer. Oh, and the goggles? They don’t do anything special. Yet. John will be showing how he built it and talking about it this morning at […]
From a series of videotaped experiments by astronaut Don Pettit performed about the ISS in 2003.
