The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Jordi writes – “Build a CD player with an old GameBoy, an ATAPI drive and some electronics. The CD player it’s a kind of game cartridge to play CD. This is the final version, plug it to a GameBoy and listen to music!” – Link.
Zieak turned a Nintendo controller into a CF/SD card reader – Link.
Scott writes – “After getting MAME running on my iPod Nano, I decided to make a to-scale arcade cabinet for it. By scaling down a 19″ monitor to 1.5″, it meant that the cabinet was just a hair over 5″ tall. It is a fully functioning MAME cabinet, possibly one of the smallest ever made.” […]
Pikoro on PSPhacks.net writes – “Just wanted to let everyone know that we have released the source code for the PSP Flash Player.The source is available at dev.psphacks.net. 71M is preparing a step by step on how to compile the player from source (it’s pretty tricky), and it will be available in this forum.” – […]
Here’s a neat idea take those Bluetooth headsets with Xbox controllers so you can have a hands free headset – [via] Link. Related: Other Xbox 360 hacks, mods and projects – Link.
This is pretty interesting, using CAD to recreate machines that no longer exist – “Museums and history buffs have begun using CAD software for an exciting new application – breathing life into centuries past. “Industrial archeology” is the study and re-creation of machines, parts, vehicles, and buildings that may have vanished, been destroyed, gone obsolete, […]
There are a lot virtual Makers out there (we have a virtual edition of MAKE) – but sometimes it’s a bit hard to explain these new 3D virtual worlds, so – here’s a Google TechTalk from March 1, 2006 – A “Glimpse Inside a Metaverse: The Virtual World of Second Life” – Second Life, an […]
