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Nathan Stubblefield was granted a patent for a “portable” telephone 1908, happy 100th mobile phone! Check out some of the photos! Nathan Stubblefield’s ‘portable’ telephone, which needed a large transmitter, invented in 1908, the device came complete with an unwieldy metal transmitter. A far cry from the tiny mobile phones in use today, the telephone […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Hil writes – [Here’s] A little kinetic sculpture of the lovely Twitter Failwhale, based on the image by Yiying Lu that is used when Twitter.com is over-capacity. The image is called’ Lifting up a Dreamer’ I’ve wanted to make this since I first saw the image some weeks ago. More: […]
Perfect use for an old hard drive, a grinder! via Hackaday. More: HOW TO – Making a hard drive laser oscilloscope. HOW TO – Build a 15000 rpm Tesla Turbine using hard drives … HOW TO – Make hard drive speakers. Hard drive art… Old hard drive orchestra. Make – Volume 12 – $1000 Wind […]
I’ve been using Google Docs more and more, especially for collaborative work, both at Dorkbot DC and Make: Books. At first, I did so reluctantly, but I’ve become a real convert. So I was thrilled when we (Make: Books) published Google Apps Hacks. I’m learning all sorts of useful and fun stuff from this book. […]
Matthew replaced the controller in a robotic dog, and through some scripting, made a barking instant messenger notifier. The dog barks when you receive a message, leaving your speakers free to play music, and helping him stay polite without being glued to his computer. More: Chatter Pillow – Adium, PHP, Arduino, LEDs… wireless notification pillow […]
tnkgrl writes: So like me, you have a MacBook Air SuperDrive… It’s affordable, it’s functional, it’s sexy. If only it was usable with other Macs and PCs! Well rejoice :) I have successfully hacked my MBA SuperDrive to work with other Macs and PCs. All you need is a $9 part (shipping extra) and a […]
The “Sonic Picnic” set by Tony Kemplen, is a series of low tech modular sound generating devices built from Tupperware containers, potentiometers, switches, antennas, and simple circuitry. We’re not sure if there is also food inside the containers to give them the ambience of a real picnic, but we’ll save that detail for you to […]
