Computers
The sound of dying drives
MAKE publisher and BoingBoing guest blogger Dale Dougherty points out this collection of unhappy hard drive sound clips you may be all too familiar with.
These are the last words of devices wh ....... read more
13 hours ago
Binary birthday wishes
Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Labs is this many, expressed in a binary candle. He shows you how to make your own. Do you know how old he is?
(BTW: I don't think today is really his birthday, bu ....... read more
1 day ago
Surface scratch control input
The Scratch Input project explores an interesting very economical method for human-computer interface using a contact mic/stethoscope and a wall. table, or similar -
We present Scratch Input, an ....... read more
3 days ago
Mac mini cube
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Feeling nostalgic for the short-lived pop-up toaster action of G4 Cube? Check out Trademarklaser's acrylic stand which positions a Mac Mini to load discs topside. - ....... read more
9 days ago
HDDJ - hard disk for rotary input
In search of smooth-spinning hardware to use as a rotary input device, nvillar made use of an old hard drive - resulting in a sweet controller with excellent aesthetics -We admired the quality of ....... read more
8 days ago
Cardboard laptop stand
Tomas Carrillo designed this cardboard laptop stand:
I wanted something that could raise my laptop screen by 8? and not show too much cardboard. The final result is a stand that is partially hidde ....... read more
6 days ago
Mod a laptop power supply into a USB plug
?This "useless" mod shows how to power your Thinkpad with a standard USB plug. We just hope that the maker didn't connect both ends of this mod to the same computer, thus creating a "Vampire" powe ....... read more
9 days ago
Hand gesture multitouch using only a webcam
Andy Wilson of MS Research—a name you may recognize from yesterday's $1 gesture recognition post—is responsible for a number of pretty unbelievable projects involving image processing ....... read more
13 days ago
Quick 'n dirty gesture recognition in Javascipt and Flash
Jason writes on Hackszine:
The "$1 Recognizer" is a simple gesture recognition algorithm created by Andy Wilson from Microsoft Research and Jacob Wobbrock and Yang Li from the University of Was ....... read more
13 days ago
Galvanic skin response mouse
Not sure how this could be used practically outside of the lab and human response research, but it definitely looks like a relatively cheap and easy way to gather GSR data in a non-intrusive way.< ....... read more
13 days ago
Datamancer's ergo board
Datamancer was sorely missed at this weekend's Steampunk Convention, but he was anything but idle. Check out this lovely ergonomic keyboard he just uploaded to his site.
The M-15 Ergonomic Keyb ....... read more
17 days ago
UPLOAD: Go green! Special video effects are available to anyone with a cheap camcorder and $25 of software
Go Green! Special video effects are available to anyone with a cheap camcorder and $25 of software. Greenscreen is the most powerful of these, and is surprisingly easy to use. By Bill Barminski - MAK ....... read more
17 days ago
UPLOAD: Opening the door to digital arts and crafts - we want your ideas!
We added a new section in MAKE a few volumes ago and I wanted to introduce it here... Here's Charles the section editor -
The projects in MAKE encourage us to transcend our default role as passive ....... read more
17 days ago
Use any old computer fan to cool your laptop
This video shows how to build your own USB powered fan to cool your laptop or other over-heating piece of electronics. This is especially useful for those of you with the lemon Macbooks with the ....... read more
17 days ago
Old iBook finds new life as lighting
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool
Sheesh, I know laptops are getting a lot lighter these days, but this is ridiculous! Yosoyelger shows off what at first appears to be an iBook of divine power, alas ....... read more
21 days ago
Run Win apps on Mac/Linux (free)
Today only - get CrossOver (usually $70) for free - runs Win apps on Mac and Linux... Saw this all over the place today, downloading now...
CodeWeavers' mission is to make Linux and Mac OS X fully ....... read more
23 days ago
CAPS LOCK trainer key
In response to International Caps Lock Day last week, Sean Ragan made this caps lock trainer key:
DOES SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAVE A SHOUTING PROBLEM? IF SO THEN THIS HANDY TRAINER KEY MAKES THE PERFECT ....... read more
23 days ago
3D scanners using a webcam and laser pointers
3D scanner using a webcam and laser pointer.
More:
HOW TO - $10 XY Laser scanner.
Make - Volume 14 - Homebrew 3D Scanner.
If you use/make these, post up your favorites in the comments. read more
23 days ago
Make your mice and keyboards talk serial and vice versa
This project uses a PIC microcontroller with an RS232 interface on one end and the PS/2 keyboard or mouse hookup on the other side. Interesting way to easily get your keyboard or mouse talking ser ....... read more
Tue,
28 Oct 2008
Votomatic III punch-card machines for sale
This fellow is selling a boat load of Votomatic III punch-card machines from the 2000 election. Only $75 and would likely make a cool case mod for a PC via 27B Stroke 6.
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Fri,
24 Oct 2008