The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Hopefully you have some free time over the Holidays. If you do, and you’re like me, you might want to check out the new version of Fritzing. We covered it before, twice in fact, and here is the latest release. It has come a long way in just the past few months. Fritzing is an […]
The first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, has been out for a couple of months now, and it’s turned out to be a nicely hackable phone. Google has opened things up a bit more by making a read-only development branch, “cupcake”, available for public perusal. If you’re wondering when we’ll see these enhancements on a […]
The Parallax forum has an interesting supercomputer project based on 11 Parallax Basic Stamp micro-controllers. This might not be a supercomputer based on Wikipedia’s definition, but it’s still an amazing accomplishment. This is the World’s First talking Basic Stamp Hobby Supercomputer!!! (and the World’s 1st Supercomputer built from hobby microcontrollers) It communicates by English and […]
Today’s yuletide pick for PC Mod of the Day is the Aperture Science PC, built by “Willsonman” as seen on the [H]ard|Forum. I like this mod because instead of building a case inspired by a videogame it builds one to emulate a prop found in the game. Let’s take a look at how he put […]
“FoldSkool Heroes” by Marshall Alexander are paper versions of the Commodore 64, original Pong game and other old school video game systems. They come in printable PDFs from the artist’s site, so feel free to print and use as desk ornaments. Foldskool Heroes via Retro Thing
It’s amazing that just a few years ago a cell phone was the size of a suitcase. Now you have a camera, calendar, video and music player, all jammed into a phone that easily fits in your pocket. What’s next? Well, maybe it’s mobile furniture design? I really like the manufacturing process and final results. […]
Ok, ok, I know some of you out there might be thinking “That mod isn’t very cool!” but hey – they fit an XP compatible computer inside of an original Gameboy case. That’s gotta be worth something! I found this interesting and thus am discussing it in today’s article. Instead of a cartridge slot on […]
