RSS
Archive: Computers
Page 28 of 41 << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 >>
February 25, 2006
MAME cabinet on a budget
Steve DeGroof built a MAME cabinet almost entirely from materials found around his house. Total cost of purchased materials: ~$100. Check out the build photos and comments on how he did it. Link.
Previous MAME project here.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2006 03:19 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Gaming, Retro |
Permalink
| Comments (4)
Turn your computer keyboard into a music keyboard
This looks like a fun way to turn your computer into an instrument - "BackToBasics allows you to import sounds and assign them to the 47 alpha numeric keys on the standard computer keyboard so that they can be played in much the same way as a MIDI keyboard and sampler. Each of the 47 keys has its own settings for pitch, fine tune, volume, stereo pan, trigger type, pitch bender sensitivity, pitch bender limiter, and loop ranger." [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 25, 2006 09:10 AM
Computers, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
February 24, 2006
Enzyme computer could live inside you
An enzyme based computer could live inside you and release drugs based on conditions going on - "The enzyme computer was used to perform two fundamental logic computations known as AND (where A and B must both equal one) and XOR (where A and B must have different values). The addition of two further enzymes - glucose oxidase and catalase - connected the two logical operations, making it possible to add together binary digits using the logic functions." [via] Link.
Related - Bioelectronics, From Theory to Applications.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 24, 2006 05:18 PM
Computers, News from the Future, Science |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
February 23, 2006
Virtual Breadboarding in Linux...
James sent in an open source Linux program that does all the things we previously posted (the Windows based "Virtual Breadboarding") and much more (including PIC compilation, modeling, and programming - "KTechlab provides a powerful environment for electronic circuits and microcontrollers. This includes simulation of a variety of components (logic, integrated, linear, nonlinear and reactive), simulation and debugging of PIC microcontrollers via gpsim, and its own closely-linked and complementary high level languages: FlowCode and Microbe." Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2006 08:24 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Toolbox |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
Homemade Terrain Engine...
This is an interesting project, a 3D terrain engine from scratch - if you ever plan to attempt anything like building your own 3D game, it's a good read of the puzzle solving and compromises involved. Shamus writes - "My goal is to write a terrain engine from the ground up, using entirely new code. In most situations, something like this would be a component of a computer game. I will approach this project as if it was." Thanks Sometemple! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2006 04:12 PM
Computers, Gaming, Virtual Worlds |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
$40 Credit card processing kit - just add PC
A lot of Makers and Crafters I know often struggle to find a (cheap) way to take credit card payments on site if they sell goods at events/fairs/etc, there are a lot of companies that sell those hardware terminals, but many of them usually seem shady, take huge cuts and require a large monthly balance - maybe this is a solution. A $40 kit from Intuit called the "QuickBooks Credit Card Processing Kit" - available at Staples, Fry's, Amazon, Sam's Club and Office Depot turns your PC into a terminal. A card reader can be connected to the PC so you can just slide the card too. [via] Link. If someone checks this out, let us know.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2006 02:17 PM
Computers, Toolbox |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
HOW TO - Boot XP from an ordinary USB drive
Prepare an install of Windows XP for booting off a USB flash drive in 15 steps, handy! [via] Link. Pictured here, USB flash drive earrings - have a bootable XP for guys and gals on the go.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2006 01:07 PM
Computers, DIY Projects |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
Aluminum Spire - case mod
Slick looking case mod made from aluminum in an old monitor. Ville 'Willek' Kyro writes - "I made the roof for the case out of an old CRT monitor's aluminum shielding. This is basically an aluminum plate with lots of holes in it. For the front and back I made two aluminum plates, with hexagonal screws for decoration. Only six of these on either side are used to actually attach the decorative panels." Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 23, 2006 12:20 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
February 22, 2006
Homebrew microcontroller based hard drive LED bar graph
CandyAddict writes - "This is a PIC microcontroller project which turns the computer’s hard drive LED into a more interesting 10 LED bargraph display." Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 22, 2006 02:49 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
"Vacuum tube age" technical books online
Pete writes - "Preserving the Knowledge of the Ancients? I've found that most of the technical books published before about 1964 never had their copyrights renewed, so now are in the public domain. So I am endeavoring to digitize and post some selected books relating to the "vacuum tube age" of electronics here." This is a great collection - Thanks Jason! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 22, 2006 11:53 AM
Computers, Crafts, DIY Projects, Electronics, Retro, Science, Toolbox |
Permalink
| Comments (1)
Spiderman case mod & engraving...
Micke Gustafsson's amazing case mod for his son - "My son loves Spiderman so naturally when I asked him how he wanted his new case themed, he didn't even blink. Spiderman it is then. Thankfully, Spiderman has been around in various forms for over 40 years, including comic books, TV shows and several highly successful Hollywood blockbuster films. This meant there would be a large body of artwork on the Internet I could use for inspiration." Link. The complete how to has a lot of photos and tips on engraving cases.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 22, 2006 09:59 AM
Arts, Computers, DIY Projects |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
February 21, 2006
Linux MP3 Juke Box LCD screen?
Zor0 writes - "I built this MP3 juke box a while ago and i'm looking for a way to add a small screen to it, preferably a small lcd that can show a few lines of text. I've seen several things on the make blog recently about interfacing these types of screens with microcontrollers, does anyone know of an easy way to run one from a serial port?" Link - post up in the forums!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 21, 2006 10:29 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics, Home Entertainment, Music |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
Computer History Museum photos
Scott writes - "Here are some photos I shot in the Visible Storage area of the amazing Computer History Museum in Mountain View California which has a huge collection of computers going back to the dawn of the computer age. It included computers like UNIVAC, Digital Equipment PDP and Vaxs, Cray Supercomputers, components from SAGE and computers from Control Data, Philco, Fairchild, IBM, Altair and many more." Link & Flickr photo set.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 21, 2006 08:36 PM
Computers, Retro |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
Virtual Breadboarding
Windows tool to test out your electronics ideas - there are free and more advanced versions ($) - "VirtualBreadboard is an easy to simulation and modeling tool that can be used in place of a real breadboard for quickly performing experiments and testing out electronic and microcontroller powered 'embedded' applications." Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 21, 2006 12:08 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
Permalink
| Comments (3)
February 19, 2006
Do it Yourself .mac
Matt writes "Is .mac worth it to me? Many of the reasons I do not find .mac useful are the same reasons I encourage others to use it. My needs are different than the average computer user. This is not an "I hate .mac" article but rather an explanation of the motivation and methods I used to provide myself with comparable services that are more usable for me. I publish it so that others may benefit from what I have learned." Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2006 07:20 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Online |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
HOW TO - Build a practical HTPC
Eliot on Engadget has a sub-ish $1,000 HTPC how-to, he writes "We've seen a lot of home theater PCs lately and being in need of a new workstation, we decide to build one of our own. We started planning by looking around to see what others had done. It would be fun to own a HD capable 2TB box , but we're not going to drop $7,400. SnapStream's 11-tuner performance art piece looked fun too, but not practical." Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2006 07:31 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Home Entertainment |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
HOW TO - Convert a physcial computer to a virtual machine
Lindsey writes "I recently got a new replacement laptop for work. I had a lot of stuff on the old laptop after 2+ years of use and so I didn't want to have to rush myself in remembering everything in one or two passes before formatting it to send back to the office. There are always things I forget when I'm mostly focused on moving data files over: files in "hidden" places like IM logs and non-file based data such as product keys, configuration info, settings for programs and other stuff. So I decided the best thing to do was make it into a VM and take my time about reinstalling and configuring the new laptop to match." [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 19, 2006 01:44 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
February 18, 2006
DIY Hardware keylogger
Here's how to make a PS/2 keyboard line keylogger, also provided - the software application with full source code to download the recorded data. [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 18, 2006 06:52 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
Permalink
| Comments (3)
How computers work (PDF)
Roger Young has a great free PDF on how computers work "This is a tutorial web book. All 152 pages of the large paperback book with 96 diagrams are on 38 web pages here. Even if you know nothing about electronics, you have come to the right place. If you are wondering how microprocessors work, you have come to the right place. A microprocessor is a small processor. If you already know something about electronics, don't be put off by the fact that the book starts out very simple and uses relays instead of transistors..." [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 18, 2006 01:34 PM
Computers |
Permalink
| Comments (0)
The Redwood PC case mod...
Zapwizard has over 100 build photos of his -in progress- amazing redwood case mod! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 18, 2006 12:25 PM
Computers, DIY Projects |
Permalink
| Comments (2)
Page 28 of 41 << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 >>
Features and more @ MAKE!
MAKE @ The NYC Toy Fair 2008 - Covering DIY!HOW TO - Build the arms of assistance.
MADE in Japan - Part I.
MADE in Japan - Part II.
MADE in Japan - Part III.
Make store - Blinky bug kit - Blink!
Make store - Loud Objects Noise Toy Kit
Makers - MAKE Flickr pool contest. Win cool stuff!
Makers - Join the MAKE Facebook page - Meet other makers.
MAKE on Twitter - Tweet! Tweet!
What you're reading in MAKE - Data!
Add MAKE to your RSS reader - Real simple.
Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!
Click here to advertise on MAKE!
Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
Tel: 707-827-7311
Gareth Branwyn
Robot Maker
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Researcher
Natalie Zee Drieu
Senior Editor
CRAFT
Becky Stern
Culture jammer
Collin Cunningham
Sound Maker
Marc de Vinck
CNC Maker
Current Podcast
AHAB High Altitude Ballooning - Best of Weekend Projects
mp4|mov|hd|3gp|3g2|itunes This week on Best of Weekend Projects, we look back at part two of the AHAB (High Altitude Balloon Adventure). In this epic Bre & Co. travel to Eastern Washington to launch a GPS and camera enabled balloon...
More...
