PalmInfocenter member twrock has posted images and details about his external headset mod for the Palm TX. He added a smaller 2.5 mm headphone/mic port to his TX in an external adapter that connects to the athena hotsync port. He intends to use it for voice recording and for future Palm OS VoIP applications. Link.
Christian “Mekkaniak” Eriksson writes – “Kids (8-9 years) at a local school here in Sweden just finished two days of “tinkering”. Using old VCRs, broken powertools, computerparts and other bits and pieces of abandoned technology, they created fantasy robots that can make anything from doing homework to stopping time. This teaches the Make spirit, creativity… […]
I think GetLoFi just identified the next trend in electronic music – “From what I hear “Circuit Blasting” is a new technique of blasting devices with extreme voltages using Victorian style science devices and it is something that Mark Pilkington will be dabbling into at 3pm this Sunday 19 March 2006, at the Camden Arts […]
Here’s a cheap and clever way to back up your PC using DV tapes! – [via] Link.
Tons of great suggestions on finding (and building) a cheap oscilloscope from the MAKE forums – Link.
Lik-Sang has a review of a $14 Xbox 360 to PC memory transfer kit – “For those of you who think 64 Megs is just not enough, we have today received stock of the Memory Transfer Kit from Datel for Xbox 360.” – Link. $5 DIY version – Link.
Doesn’t get more NEWS FROM THE FUTURE than this… – “The RI-MAN robot carries a life-sized doll at the Riken laboratory in Nagoya, central Japan. The RI-MAN is a seeing, hearing and smelling robot that can carry human beings and is aimed at helping care for the country’s growing number of elderly.” [via] Link. Related: […]
