Datarush writes – ” Although being completely satisfied with my Apple Mighty Mouse I bought on ebay a couple of weeks ago I couldn’t refrain myself from ‘moding’ it. In my endless quest of personality enhancement for mice I bought an authentic and vintage Apple ADB mouse (on ebay). The ground idea is quite similar […]
Here’s another caller ID on scrolling LED screen project, this one on an old Beta-Brite LED screen – Thanks Douglas! Link. Previous: Squeezebox caller ID – Link.
Here’s a video from our pals at Technical Video Rental, Chris Reynolds talks about the CNC machine he made himself from $100 in parts over three weekends. The machine is driven by a PC running TurboCNC. The machine moves a router over an XY tabletop to cut parts from wood, foam, plastic, etc for hobbies […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member NJfourwheeler fixed and modded a weed wacker he found – “A few weeks ago I trash picked a rechargeable weed whacker complete with charger. At first the charger wouldn’t report a full charge and battery life was extremely short. I assumed this is why the unit was out in the […]
Jens writes – “I have read your blog entries for GPS data loggers. Instead of getting one of those stand-alone data loggers, I would suggest to get a Garmin e-Trex. This is a standard GPS handheld receiver for outdoor use. They sell for about 100$, collect 10000 data points and run 22 hours on AA […]
Robert has an excellent series of articles on glass blowing for scientific vacuum devices such as glow tubes, filament lamps and thermionic devices. Thanks K-milo! Link. Related: Scientific glass blowing @ East Carolina University – Link.
Wow, here’s a homemade QuadriFilar Helix antenna for APT satellite reception. What can you do with this? Pull down weather images as satellites orbit the earth and transmit their images – here’s how it was made and some images snagged from NOAA18, NOAA17, NOAA15 and NOAA12 – Link. Related: Design and construction of quadrifilar helicoidal […]
