Nestle Quik container iPod power supply
Candy Addict writes – “This guy made a charger for his iPod out of two 6-volt lantern batteries and houses it in a Nestle Quik container.” – Link.
Technology
Circuit bending is easy
Jeff writes – “I did my first circuit bending today thanks to Make vol. 04. Used a Staples “Easy Button.” The results aren’t too exciting, but I think you’ll like the glitchy, ambient song I made from the sounds.” – Link. Related: Circuit Bending by Sabastian Boaz, Cristiana Yambo. Modify a Casio keyboard (or other […]
Build a $19 AVR Butterfly MP3 player
Joevennix writes – “Awesomely cheap MP3 player – can be built for only 19.95 USD!” – Link.
HOW TO – Repairing a Pocket-PC with a bad Li-ion charger
Bill writes – “I recently repaired a Pocket-PC that wouldn’t charge its battery. To do this, I built a new charger circuit and stuffed it into the Pocket-PC. I thought others might benefit from this information so I’ve documented the result.” – Link.
Turn a brick cell phone into a Bluetooth headset
Grooveking writes – “We are going to “Geek Out” a little here. To give you a little overview of what you will be doing, you will be taking an existing Bluetooth headset, wiring it up so it can receive charge from the existing brick phone battery (increases the talk time astronomically), and allowing the Bluetooth […]
Make a semi-autonomous submersible robot
Leevonk has an Instructable on making a “submersible robot (a little submarine) that can be operated in manual or semi-autonomous mode”. Link.
Linux based, 24 monitor, Quake 3…
Best.setup.ever from the gang at Plastk.net – “Here are some videos featuring Quake 3 Arena being played with a gyro mouse (the technology that the new Nintendo Revolution controller will be using) as well as a standard mouse. The resolution of the game is still 10240×3072 and runs on a 24-monitor Linux cluster here at […]
