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YouTube has a cool new feature that allows linking to any part in a video… here’s an example (click the link below). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4WHjibvcE#t=1m18s Just put #t= and follow the format: m for minutes and s for seconds. Hand for makers who want to link directly to portions of a video of their projects or for […]
Evan writes– I just finished the first major round of updates to the DeTouch project in almost two years. DeTouch is an interactive online tool that visualizes the alterations made by professional re-touch artists. This update doubles the amount of data from re-touch websites and includes downloads for full screen standalone applications in Linux, Mac, […]
This app called “BeatMaker” for the iPhone is one of a huge list of cool new music creation applications that are out for the device. This one doubles as a portable music production center with a drum machine, sampler, and sequencer that usually only exists in desktop applications. Check out the link for the list […]
This project uses a PIC microcontroller with an RS232 interface on one end and the PS/2 keyboard or mouse hookup on the other side. Interesting way to easily get your keyboard or mouse talking serial in order to integrate it into a project and communicate with software. via Electronics Lab
This fellow is selling a boat load of Votomatic III punch-card machines from the 2000 election. Only $75 and would likely make a cool case mod for a PC via 27B Stroke 6.
There are several different ways to make printed circuit boards. One of them is using a photo-plotter. What’s a photo-plotter? Keep reading! The project isn’t completed yet, but it’s really interesting and well documented. A photoplotter is a printing device that exposes light to a photo sensitive film to produce output. The film is then […]
Great news from Adam Simon via twitter: iPhone NDA officially dead, swanky new developer forums are available in beta: https://devforums.apple.com via Daring Fireball, here’s a writeup on the details of the NDA: Are the iPhone APIs public yet?
