by admin on August 21, 2010
An Instructables.com craftsman named spookylean has written a how-to guide on making the snap-action Batarangs from Batman: Arkham Asylum . His Batarangs were made out of Plexiglas, so you’ll need a stronger material if you’ve scheduled some fledermaus -themed crimefighting. More »
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How to make your own Batarangs [Arts And Crafts]
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Sure, we might be seeing some big changes to the iPhone tomorrow , but what if you could see some big changes on your very own iPhone, today ? Well, you can if you’re brave enough to try installing Android on your iPhone, which we’ve seen done before , but not with Android 2.2 (otherwise more deliciously known as Froyo ). Still not convinced that such a thing is possible? Then head on past the break for the video evidence, and hit up the link below for the complete, not-for-the-faint-of-heart instructions for performing the feat yourself. P.S. Of course, “runs” isn’t exactly the same as “runs well.” The iPhone in the video apparently got noticeably hot after five minutes of use, and there’s some issues with Android not recognizing little things like WiFi or the phone’s GPU. Continue reading Yep, the iPhone runs Android 2.2, too Yep, the iPhone runs Android 2.2, too originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Gadgets DNA | Email this | Comments
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Yep, the iPhone runs Android 2.2, too
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by admin on February 19, 2010
Look, that BOSS TU-2 has served you (and eleventy billion other guitarists ) well, but isn’t it time for something a bit different in the pedal board mix? Stimmmopped is that very thing, which is a darling little contraption that uses LEDs rather than a microphone in order to tell you if your strings are tuned as they should be. Put simply, the device illuminates a string with a pair of lights, both of which are flashing at the frequency that the string should be vibrating at if it’s in tune; if you’re off, the illuminated part of the string will appear to be moving (thanks, stroboscopic effect!), and if you’re on the money, the lights will appear fixed. Have a peek at the source link for more, but don’t go building one yourself without a steady hand and a few vacation days to spare. Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Stimmmopped lets you tune your axe with LEDs originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink MAKE | Embedds | Email this | Comments
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Stimmmopped lets you tune your axe with LEDs
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by admin on November 8, 2009
Cellphones are handy in a pinch. They make emergency calls, serve as a late night texting platform, and now in developing areas where money is tight and malaria runs rampant, they can serve as a microscope. The DIY design is the brainchild of Aydogan Ozcan, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and member of the California NanoSystems Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. He did it all with some software he wrote and about $10 in off-the-shelf parts, reports the New York Times. There’s actually no lens to speak of, as the magnification is handled entirely by software, holograms and electronics. This, Ozcan says, is what’s at the heart of the device’s portability and affordability. Better still, this means that a future system based on this design could have the ability to diagnose and research even better than a traditional microscope in the field. Said Bahram Jalali, an applied physicist and professor of electrical engineering at U.C.L.A in an interview with the New York Times, the beauty of the design is in its lack of mechanical scanning. “Instead you capture holograms of all the cells on the slide digitally at the same time,” he said to the Times. This makes it possible to “immediately see pathogens among a vast population of healthy cells.” [ New York Times ]
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Engineer Builds $10 DIY Cellphone Microscope [Microscopes]
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Here’s an Instructables to bring back the obnoxious kid that lives not so far down in all of us: Learn how to turn one of those miniature Altoids tins into a tiny catapult. It’ll be fun for nobody but you. We like Instructables like this one because not everyone has a damn laser cutter lying around, and this one only requires materials you’ve likely got lying around anyway (coat hanger, rubber band, spoon, etc.). The creator promises it’ll only take about 10 minutes, and we promise it’ll be fun for at least 11. [ Instructables ]
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Altoids Tin Catapult Will Make You Feel, and Act, 10 Years Old Again [DIY]
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BMOW (Big Mess O’ Wires) is a DIY PC, complete with a hand built 8-bit CPU. Built by a game developer named Steve Chamberlain, this bad boy operates at 2MHz and sports 512KB memory, two-color video output, and a 512 x 480 display. According to Wired , the hand-wrapped CPU is closest in design to the MOS Technology 6502 processor (previously seen in such classic machines as the Apple II, Commodore 64, and some early Atari game consoles), and it took him about a year and a half from design to finish. Visitors to the Maker Faire in San Francisco can see the machine in person (and play chess on it, to boot) over the weekend. The rest of yinz can feel free to hit the read link for meticulous build details and lots of colorful pictures. [Via Wired ] Filed under: Desktops Homebrew PC features 2MHz hand-wrapped CPU originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 May 2009 14:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Homebrew PC features 2MHz hand-wrapped CPU
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I bought myself an original Mac 128K —the one from 1984—this weekend. I saw it on the streets of Williamsburg for $35, almost completely new, and I couldn’t resist. Now I want to do something with it. Now I’m having a dilemma. Should I download the original system, save it to floppies, and leave it as it is so I can play Crystal Quest? In a way, I feel like I’m in front of some kind of god of the old times, a god that I should revere and keep in its pristine condition forever. On the other side, I’m itching to make it into something else. Something that doesn’t require to break the case in any way, which will allow me to put everything back together at a later date. I’m thinking about taking all the guts out except the CRT and convert it into a mini-stereo. It should be a simple hack. Get my Apple TV or a big hard drive iPod, wire it to the tube, add a couple of good mini-speakers inside the case, and control it with the Apple remote. Simple and elegant, but I don’t know if it’s doable or not. Any DIY expert wants to help? Send me your ideas . Thanks to everyone who sent in ideas. Many have recommended to keep it as it is, restoring the plastic to its original condition using Retr0bright (thanks for this amazing link, Terance Seitenbach). Looks like the proper thing to do. I don’t want to disturb the Gods of Cupertino by gutting their beautiful child—which, by the way, I have discovered that it is an original Macintosh, manufactured at Apple’s Freemont factory, on the week 28th after the first one rolled out of the factory.
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What to Do with an Old Mac 128K? [Retromodo]
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