Computers & Mobile

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Wooden touchscreen terminal

Wooden touchscreen terminal

MAKE Flick photo pool member Barnoid has an update to the homemade wooden touchscreen terminal – “Fitted an external PSU from linitx.com which has solved the heat problems. Added an extra 64MB RAM. Added connectors for USB and audio under the front flap. Tried to fit the insides of a £4 set of speakers, but […]

DIY Living room PC

DIY Living room PC

Pat writes – “I needed a case for my computer with would blend into the living room, where it would be playing MP3’s. About this time, a broken CD player came along, and an unholy marriage resulted – The PC in a CD player was born! “ – Link. Related: Free TiVo: Build a Better […]

Drive your Roomba with your cell phone

Drive your Roomba with your cell phone

Todbot writes – “Ever since Bluetooth adapters for Roombas appeared, I’ve wanted to control my Roomba with a cell phone. All my recent phones have had Bluetooth. But getting a devkit for a phone was expensive and phone-specific. Trying to develop J2ME (aka “JavaME”) applications for cell phones has been a mess, especially for non-Windows […]