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Brian writes – OpenMoko, a project to create an open, Linux-based smartphone, and FIC (the manufacturer) have started shipping a phone for developers who want to play around with OpenMoko and get a jump start on application development, the Neo 1973, which features: * 2.8″ VGA TFT color display * Touchscreen, usable with stylus or […]
Spicy Gadget Rolls has some basic tips on extending the life of Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) batteries, commonly found these days in cellphones, laptops, mobile media players, etc… Battery Storage – If you plan on not using the Lithium battery for prolonged periods of time, then you’ll want to have the charge level at 40% and place […]
Here is a truly barebones Arduino setup. Just the Arduino chip and a few support parts. This has to be close to the simplest and lowest cost way to play with microcontrollers. The only special parts are the resonator and the Mega168 programmed with the Arduino boot loader. Everything else you should already have as […]
That was fast, Greg’s Mom knitted him an iPhone – [via] Link.
Jonas writes – A little while back i was given an iBook with a faulty screen as in not working at all. Having a hard time just throwing it away i was looking for a way to put it to use though it was a fairly old 500mhz G3 ibook. Things being as they where […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Curiouslee writes – The iPhone camera lens is flush with the back of the perfectly flat back of the device making it easy to hold a pocket magnifier loupe in front to convert the camera into a microscope. Here I am using a Radio Shack 15x 3-lens magnifier on a […]
Tom writes – I’ve made a cheap and easy to build time lapse camera, using an old mobile phone, some java software, general firmware hackery and an old phone carrycase. Most of the other timelapse camera mods I’ve seen on here and Make are based on wiring up a timer to switch the camera on, […]
