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This is a really interesting project that uses an AVR micro-controller to create a 1-key keyboard. I can think of a thousand uses for this type of device. The idea for a 1-key keyboard comes from the need as an interaction designer to make “cheap, quick and dirty prototypes.” When creating a quick screen-based demo […]
It seems like a lot of people still have a bunch of old diskettes lying around collecting dust. Why not make them into a geeky holiday ornament for your tree? It’s the perfect gift for your hacker friends. More about DIY: Old diskette ornaments [CraziestGadgets] In the Maker Shed: The Best of Instructables Volume I
This is an amazing collection of textbooks that will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about electronics and electricity. OK, maybe not everything, but they are FREE! You can even download all the volumes, including source code, in a single click. More about Lessons In Electric Circuits: Free textbooks about electronics
The iPhone dev team, hard at work as usual, announced a successful iPhone Linux port today. It’s still at a very early stage, but the kernel boots on first and second generation iPhones and the first generation iPod touch. A framebuffer driver and a working Busybox installation point to an exciting open source future: What […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool, user pixl8ed printed his own business card holder out of FDM plastic from his own 3D design. Neat!
I don’t generally do a lot of food posts over here, but I thought this was really clever – love noodles, but getting bored with your same old combinations? Consult the Noodlr, the noodle soup idea generator cooked up by Serious Eater Michele Humes. Via Angry Chicken
Street Anatomy has launched a cool new sister site, Think Anatomy. I found that reading an anatomy textbook, sitting in lecture, and dissecting in lab weren’t enough to really master anatomy. So I turned to the Internet to find resources like dissection videos, interactives, games, quizzes, etc., to supplement my study material. It took a […]
