August 15, 2013

Open Source DIY Cellphone
Cool Gadgets

  This Open Source DIY Cellphone might not be the latest and greatest Samsung phone but it is something that you can build yourself. It is Arduino based and all of the details can be found here. Via: Electronics Lab and Arduino Blog “The DIY Cellphone is a working (albeit basic) cellphone that you can make yourself. It can make and receive phone calls and text messages, store names and

Raspberry Pi acting as a Commodore 64 Disk Drive
Computer Hacks

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  FozzTexx shows how he built a system that allows a Raspberry Pi to act as a Commodore 64 Disk Drive. His C-64 is tricked out with an Ethernet card so he shows us how he can pull a directory listing from the Raspberry Pi drive and loads an internet browser. It works but isn’t really usable for anything modern. The drive access is very slow due to the speed