A retro-futuro casemod built inside of an antique phone box with the restored and retro-fit phone itself on top. The phone functions as both a landline phone and works with Skype, MSN Voice, and Google Talk. DialupPC – [via] Link Related: “Computational Engine” casemod – Link Steampunk items on MAKE: Blog – Link
Lance has lots of old timey radio kits on his site from WW-II foxhole radios to vintage style crystal radio kits and tube radio kits – Link.
Michael writes – At the outset, when designing NadaNet, I envisioned that it could be used to support parallel computing on Apple II machines. To add more processors and save space, I decided that I would package several Apple //e main boards together, without keyboards or peripheral slot cards. (I didn’t disassemble the Apples myself, […]
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories writes – Last weekend we took a trip to Urban Ore in Berkeley, where I found an incredible gem: this “Fraction of an Inch Adding Machine.” It’s a simple to use device that lets you add any number of fractions– from 1/64 to 63/64– quickly, automatically, correctly, and without thinking about […]
Herr_Dokter writes – I found the continued transportation and assembly of portable speaker systems a source of frustration, and so I aimed to create a portable sound system capable of housing my Mp3 player, and also connecting to my portable thinking engine in order to play sounds at our RPG the Clockwork Opera. Gramophone MP3 […]
Low tech way for docs to view an operation, Mechanix Illustrated 1948 Link.
I was never much into amateur radio or crystal set building, so I can’t judge the technical veracity of this project, but the how-to looks very thorough and the results are spectacular. The dials, tap switch and case are so cool-looking, they make me want to build one. Build an antique style crystal radio – […]
