HOW TO – Shut down your computer with a text message
HOW TO – Shut down your computer with a text message by Tinkernut via CG. Control your VCR with a text message.
DIY Projects
Open Source Hardware overview….
The REPLICATOR blog put together an overview of Open Source Hardware including a past presentation I co-authored, a good start if you’re interested in the ongoing evolution of the Open Source Hardware movement. The biggest challenges I see ahead involves the use of the term “Open source hardware” – for the folks who have been […]
AVGA – AVR video games, Mario and Pac-Man clones…
The AVGA project is an open source (It’s GPL, but it says “don’t make money with it”) AVR based color video game development platform for a single chip game console via HackedGadgets.
Industry gives a laboratory to America’s young scientists… WE CAN DO IT AGAIN?
Industry gives a laboratory to America’s young scientists… Popular Science 1941. YOUTHFUL, IMAGINATION, an inexhaustible national resource, is being developed along scientific lines by the American Institute of the City of New-York. This organization, chartered in 1828 and devoted throughout its existence to the promulgation of science and the encouragement of American industry, established its […]
Backyard coffee roasting
My supply of decent roasted coffee is at dangerously low levels, so my daughter and I spent a short time roasting coffee today. There are some great books and online resources for coffee roasting, but in a nutshell, here’s my simple method (purists will cringe; you can be much more precise about all of this. […]
Danny likes the lasercutter
Danny is a frequent user at the Boston Fab Lab. He has done some great work to figure out the laser cutter. In nice Fab Lab community fashion, Danny has encouraged and tutored many other lab users on how to get the most out of the tools in the lab. The Boston Fab Lab is […]
Build a three penny radio that costs more than three pennies
Here’s a simple project that uses three pennies as anchors for the various parts of a radio build. Check out the link below for instructions and parts list for building this device. Three Penny Radio