Make it Anywhere, Part 3: Mobile Lab Fixtures
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” shows you how he built his mobile lab and makerspace.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Mobile radios at Hamvention 2010
Mobile radios are like DIY cellphones. They can communicate across the world without the infrastructure of cellphone carriers or the internet. And sometimes, there’s a lot of satisfaction in being able to do something all by yourself. Here I am at Hamvention 2010 in Dayton, Ohio checking out all of the mobile radios. There was […]
Dynamo-powered handset charging kit
Bicycle dynamos have been around forever. With all the DIY smartphone bike mounts I’ve come across lately, I’m surprised I haven’t seen someone attempt combining the two until now. This is perfect for areas with sparse charging options.
The sound of one hand programming
Gosh, I love the resourcefulness of our readers. MAKE subscriber Matt Daughtrey writes: My left arm has been recently sidelined by surgery. I’m a developer and wanted to keep my productivity as high as possible during my recuperation, so here’s an approach to one-handed touch typing that others might find useful. With a little Sugru, […]
“Stained glass” motherboards
Stained glass motherboards… these are gorgeous. Church of the obsolete, our lady of perpetual upgrades.
Retrocomputing
Antique computers run the world.
Buggy slot machine reports $40M payout, woman gets $20
Back in March, Louise Chavez placed a 40-cent wager at a slot machine at the Fortune Valley Casino in Central City, Colorado. When the wheels stopped spinning, the machine told her she’d won the jackpot:
People were coming up to me saying I won $42,000,000, or at least $42,000. Lights were flashing, it sounded like a fire truck, the screen said ‘see attendant.’
The casino claimed it was a glitch, returned the $23 she’d put into the machine, bought her breakfast, and comped her a free room for the night.
Now, per this story in IEEE Spectrum, the Colorado Gaming Division has completed its investigation and determined that the reported payout was, indeed, the result of a bug caused by “two Showcase Showdown awards occurring quickly after each other while the Grand Game bonus feature was already in play.” [Thanks, Glen!]
