Scott writes – “Here are some photos I shot in the Visible Storage area of the amazing Computer History Museum in Mountain View California which has a huge collection of computers going back to the dawn of the computer age. It included computers like UNIVAC, Digital Equipment PDP and Vaxs, Cray Supercomputers, components from SAGE […]
EWilhelm’s new Instructable – “Build your own blue LED light box to combat SAD and winter blues. Sleep better and wake up with more energy while exploring the world of high-power LEDs. If 18 watts of LED power isn’t enough to wake you, just add more LEDs!” Link.
Tom writes – “eBay item #7364494285 looks like a fantastic bargain, and perfect for someone (like me) who likes the idea of building a DIY synth, but doesn’t really want to learn how to do major soldering.” Link.
James from Retrothing writes – “The classic 3-bit Digicomp mechanical computer from the 1960s has been reissued as a $49 kit. It looks fantastic.” Link.
Master from Get LoFi has circuit bent some cheap voice recorders – “RCA Voice recorders are fairly cheap and readily available. The one I used for this project was an RP5007 I believe, purchased for $5.00 at a second hand store. The bends implemented on this unit were all short circuiting of the Smart Media […]
Windows tool to test out your electronics ideas – there are free and more advanced versions ($) – “VirtualBreadboard is an easy to simulation and modeling tool that can be used in place of a real breadboard for quickly performing experiments and testing out electronic and microcontroller powered ’embedded’ applications.” Link.
Looks like the first seasons of MacGyver are for sale on Google video for $1.99 a pop (Windows only) Link. On a related note, MAKE is pleased to announce Lee David Zlotoff (creator of MacGyver) will be doing a regular column in MAKE!
