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David sent in this cool AVR project called “Craft”. It uses an AVR microcontroller to make 80’s type computer graphics and music. If you just can’t wait to hear the awesome music, skip to 1:00 in the video. All the schematics and lots more pictures are on the web site. Having successfully built a soundchip […]
A USB-based twelve-button event controller (probably repurposed from a game controller). The site is in German, so there’s not much more about it. USB-Interface [via]
Cory at Boing Boing points us to this piece on OLPC News about overclocking the XO laptop. OLPC XO Hacks: Overclocking an XO Laptop Geode LX 700 CPU
Yes, I know, anything can be used as a USB Flash drive case. And yes, you’d want to keep eraser crumbs out of the USB port. I like it anyway. Pink Eraser USB Flash Drive
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Wow – Flickr user Kap4001 removed the displays from 5 laptops just to . . . wait, no he didn’t – Every screen is showing exactly whats behind it – relative to the camera, which was on a tripod. The most difficult task was to convince the old powerbook […]
Jason @ HACKS points us to ProfScott’s old iBook mod: take an old laptop with a non-functioning screen and put it in a different enclosure for a stealth desktop machine, similar to a Mac Mini, but perhaps more portable and definitely less theft-attracting. The iNoteBook.
REMINDER: Attention Bay Area Makers! Is your house is filled with old, abandoned electronics? Do you have failed or unsatisfying projects in your garage? Maybe it’s time for some spring cleaning. You recycle your unused, household electronics this Saturday, March 29 from 10 am to 4pm at ACCRC in Berkeley. No fees are charged for […]
