How would you like win a cool design made by John Mishler? Even better, the design he would create would be a concept thought up by you! Your design will be created around the RedPost/Kit, a Linux-based picture frame that boasts a 19″ LCD, Wifi and a built-in MiniPC. Contest Site “Contest outline: Submit the following to contest@theredpost.com by August 17, 2007: * colored drawings of your design along with
I am not sure how legal these break light and tail light hacks are but they sure look great. Check with your local police department before installing this type of equipment, or install a switch to go from stock to cool. Link “My 98 Mitsubishi Eclipse LED taillight conversion with 7-segment sequential turn signals and sequential brake lights. All custom built.” Link Sequential tail lights on an Impala.
Nonentity has completed an interesting Home Made Practice Amp project. As usual there is a good compliment of high quality pictures on his site. The wood work on this is breathtaking! “The wood is a fine piece of quilted Maple, with several coats of High Gloss Tung oil. I got the speaker grille cloth from the ol Internet. The bottom case cover is the back of an old Harddrive. The
For most of us when you buy some hardware you live with it, even if you hate the functions you are usually stuck. Some people don’t have that same problem, if the device doesn’t do what you want, hack it so it does. “Recently, SMC was in the news because of a GPL violation on one of their products, the WSKP100. As I read the news, I became interested in
Here is a product that you won’t see on any store shelves! The iLog would be great for the person who has it all. ” Hand crafted from select pieces of found and surgically removed timber and finished in teak oil; every iLog is utterly unique. We think you will agree there is nothing like a the feel of real ‘tree grown’ timber. These special editions come with a iLog
We have all seen the Popsicle stick bridges that can hold some heavy weights. This cardboard tube bridge takes bridge building to the next level! “Weighing 7.5 tonnes, the bridge is made from 281 cardboard tubes, each 11.5 centimetres (four inches) across and 11.9 millimetres thick. The steps are recycled paper and plastic and the foundations wooden boxes packed with sand. Balloons filled with 1.5 tonnes of water were used
Click To Play Phil Torrone from Make Magazine and Limor Fried from Adafruit Industries presented a fantastic keynote at OSCON (O’Reilly Open Source Convention). The video is about an hour long but it is worth it. Here are some links to a few item mentioned. RepRap – 3D Printer WRT54G – Linksys Router Chumby Botanicalls Open Prosthetics Project Arduino Roomba Make Store “Open source hardware is a term slowly
