VIA Arena has an interview with Tom Burick of White Box Robotics about the 914 PC BOT – back in May of 2005 MAKE spoke with Tom and his DIY PC based robotics platform. Looks like they’re getting close to shipping this year and we’ll see how a low cost mobile robot from off-the-shelf computer […]
This looks like a fun way to turn your computer into an instrument – “BackToBasics allows you to import sounds and assign them to the 47 alpha numeric keys on the standard computer keyboard so that they can be played in much the same way as a MIDI keyboard and sampler. Each of the 47 […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member aTanguay writes – “This is the log of the construction of my ‘MAME’ Arcade cabinet in the late summer of 2005. Another in a long line of hair brained schemes and brutal wastes of time and resources. The main box came together very quickly, then all the little details ate […]
SparkFun is officially THE COOLEST, this Bluetooth serial dongle is going to make dozens of projects easier – uses the standard serial com port interface (no need to mess with USB drivers or software) and steals power from USB! “The BlueDongle is the latest Bluetooth devices from SFE. These units are based on the BlueRadios […]
MAKE pal Everythingdigital.org writes “Here’s a step-by-step guide on making your own magnetic LED throwies that can be tossed and stick to anything magnetic. Based on an Instructables tutorial.” Link.
DIY happy has a fun how-to on making a ski cap with headphones in it. Sam writes “Burton sells a really cool cap with integrated headphones for listening to music while participating in winter sports. These hats are well made, but they cost around $40. That’s why Digital Cameron and I set out to make […]
Now _this_ is a really cool project – using a LED display bidirectionally to optically detect finger touches! [via] Link & extremely cool video here. Related – LEDs as sensors blog.
