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From the YouTube description: First step towards a homemade 3D printer. This is the insides of an HP1360, the paper feed encoder is being used to drive a stepper motor to move the gantry. The encoder is decoded and divided by a parallax propeller microcontroller that also detects the paper feed and ignores other paper […]
These guys in Munich built a mid-range PC, and powered it with nothing but solar power. This is the first part of the series, thanks amp2003! Link.
In this PopSci “Void Your Warranty” piece, MAKE contributing writer Dave Prochnow shows you how to use an old OnStar GPS unit on a laptop computer with free software, no subscription required. Raising GPS from the Dead – Link Related: OnStar Projects – Link OnStar eavesdropping – Link
Boom, an uncompiled version of a proof of concept iPhone SIM unlock source code has appeared from Zappaz – [via] Link. Related: Engadget has a mirror of the app too – Link (zip).
Here’s a lower cost way of making a sorta-supercomputer, it reminds me of the computer from Pi… – Microwulf is a personal, portable Beowulf cluster, providing over 26 Gflops of measured performance, for less than $2500. Its dimensions are just 11″ x 12″ x 17″, making it small enough to fit on one’s desktop or […]
This video of a DIY multi-touch interface in tantalizingly cool, but there’s little detail. So far. More is promised. But then, that was back in June. DyeSight $2 Multi-Touch Pad – [via] Link
Last week there was an update to iTunes (7.4) – this allowed you to make your own ringtones by simply renaming your files with a .m4r extension. Within a day Apple released 7.4.1, the update killed that, but now you just need to rename them back to m4a. This reminds me of when Sony tried […]
