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NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday had a nice report on our growing DIY culture, featuring brief interviews with Instructables’ Eric Wilhelm, Etsy’s Rob Kalin, and our own Phil Torrone – “If you just Google anything in your home, there’s probably a hack or a mod for it,” Torrone says. “And there’s probably someone who’s completely obsessed […]
Often, a company will attempt to break a world-record, or release a “crazy” web video to promote their generally unrelated product. What’s unusual is when that publicity stunt is actually really cool! John writes in – The world’s largest and most powerful air vortex cannon. The site has a video of the cannon blowing out […]
Here’s a nice how-to on building a simple score-keeping computer with a PIC16F84A. Oh if everything were just this simple. Drake: PICmicro and Maarten’s computer –Link
Openmoko is an open source cell phone that runs a version of Linux. The creators have now published the CAD files for the Neo enclosure, bring the openness to a whole new level. You can design your own phone! – [via] Link. Related: OpenMoko: $300 Linux-powered mobile phone – Link.
As a grown up, I now had the time, the money, the knowledge, the patience, and the determination to complete this long-abandoned childhood project.
This is a well-documented solution for storing unlimited caller ID phone numbers. The site contains schematics and the software needed to decode and store the data. Some time ago, I subscribed to the Caller Id service to know who is calling me without being required to pick-up the phone. Unfortunately, my basic caller id display […]
MAKE chum Jake von Slatt points us to a beautiful remake of his steampunk keyboard and monitor by Dave Veloz with the addition of a gorgeous Mac Mini mod. It’s for his fiance, no less! Jake writes: He’s done an absolutely beautiful job, outdoing me in several respects, the first being the use of actual […]
