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Pyrofer is working on a great project using old Nokia LCD screens and PICs – You can see ive managed to draw a basic map on the screen. The size of this map is limited by the ram, as the objects within have to change it cant be a rom map. There isnt enough RAM. […]
Squeak is open source version of Smalltalk and looks like a fun way to make games, edu apps and more… – Squeak is a modern, open source full-featured implementation of the powerful Smalltalk programming language and environment. Squeak is highly-portable – even its virtual machine is written entirely in Smalltalk making it easy to debug, […]
Here’s a fun comparison on Gizmodo of Palm’s new Foleo (a smartphone “companion”) and a DIY version from MAKE, a Palm Pilot Notebook! – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Palm Pilot Notebook. Modified hardback book contains extra-powered PDA and travel keyboard. MAKE 07 – Page 138. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition […]
Microsoft is showing off their multi-touch table “Surface” complete with RFID, wireless, sensors and a whole lot of other things (watch the Popular Mechanics video on how it works)… You can’t buy one, but they will be appearing in a couple casinos and some stores to demo… Link. More: Surface computing – Link. Surface @ […]
Jason @ Hackszine writes – Google launched the Street View feature in Google Maps today at the Where 2.0 conference. For select cities, you can now view street-level panoramic photography as you browse around a map location. It’s like being able to take a virtual driving tour of a city, right from your desk. There […]
Once upon a time, there was no distinction between memory and display.
Puget Custom Computers made a nice mineral oil submerged computer – Over the years, we have seen many projects on the web that cooled a computer using common vegetable oil, including a very popular video by Tom’s Hardware. We felt that by building a computer in an aquarium using clear mineral oil, that we would […]
