Before Christmas this year, there seems to be plenty of neat holiday themed stuff with good parts about to go unsold. Anything with an overt holiday theme will be marked down the day after Christmas, so it is possible to think ahead and provision yourself for some maker fun for the months and years ahead. […]
If you’ve used a Korg Kaossilator, you may have noticed the device’s 2-bar loop length can wear out a melodies welcome quite quickly. David Battino shares info on a simple hack which extends that length to a relatively luxurious 4 bars – If you power up the Kaossilator while holding down the Tap and Loop […]
Old hard drives CD-ROM drives can be repurposed towards a variety of interesting projects but don’t overlook one of the most vital applications – an automated method for making those really tough decisions. This is a gadget made from recycled computer parts to give an absolute, unequivocal and irrefutable answer to that eternal office question […]
Adam from Hack a Day posted a very helpful write-up describing how to setup a well-equpped soldering station for cheap. Great ideas for inexpensive tip-cleaning and a very affordable fume hood among others – A good soldering station and fume extractor is a must for anyone interested in hacking and modding, but not everyone can […]
Ian built a very excellent LED hard drive clock from this design using a PIC microcontroller. It really is a very cool display – nice. – LED Hard Drive Clock 3.5″ [via Hackosis] More: Hard drive clock
IVC Wiki has an excellent roundup of projects for adding internal components (Flash storage, Bluetooth, FM radio, etc.) to an Eee PC laptop. There are several points on the Eee’s mobo that make 3.3v and 5v readily available. Eee PC Internal Upgrades [via Hacked Gadgets] More: Eee PC teardown HOW TO – Add a keyboard […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Austin electro-naut Eric Archer has taken to bending instruments from far across the pond. The Indian rhythmic sample loopers sold by the Radel company are often used as practice accompaniment by musicians but I imagine these heavily modified versions will likely perform more prominent roles. – Circuit Bent Tabla […]
