A ring flash will get you a shot with uniform lighting without harsh shadows. Lighting blogger Simon Ellingworth whipped up this LED variant for smartphones using a UFO-style camping light,...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday January 7th, 2013 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Photography & Video | 2 Comments
Maker Shed is now carrying RedBearLab's Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Shield. It's an inexpensive, simple, and fun way to get Arduino talking to an iPhone, iPad, or even some Macs......
Posted by Brian Jepson | Sunday December 2nd, 2012 6:12 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 2 Comments
We’ve seen papercraft passive amplifiers before, but the Whirlwind from instructables member urant folds away flat so you can stick it into your pocket. [via Life Hacker]
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday September 25th, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 2 Comments
"Enough is enough! I have had it with these blankety-blank snakes on this blankety-blank, um...ARM...Cortex-M0, ah, microcontroller." Right, so, apologies are now due to hardworking Hack a Day writer Mike...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Friday September 21st, 2012 5:59 PM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics, Fun & Games | No Comments
This NFC Shield for Arduino (available in the Maker Shed) is a great way to experiment with NFC. What's NFC you ask? It's an extension of RFID with a purposefully...
Posted by Maker Shed | Wednesday September 12th, 2012 8:00 AM
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile, General | 2 Comments
Tablets make great dashboard displays. In this video, makers Sonic Electronix install a Nexus 7 into a custom fabricated 2008 Dodge Ram dash cradle.
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday August 7th, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Home | 4 Comments
The GameKlip allows you mount your smartphone directly to a PS3 controller for optimum game play.
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday August 7th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Fun & Games | 3 Comments
Based on this recent work from Londonite Dhani Sutanto, Becky over at Adafruit just posted this cool tutorial on how to install the antenna and chip from an RFID passcard,...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan | Tuesday July 17th, 2012 9:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 12 Comments
The Art of Manliness has a post up about dismantling a broken cellphone in order to mine it for useful components that can keep you alive after you get stranded...
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Friday June 15th, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Tools | 1 Comment
Here's a fun Android Breathalyzer prototype using the IOIO board, a Seeed alcohol sensor and Li-po Rider power module, and a Li-po battery inside an Altoid tin.
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Thursday May 31st, 2012 4:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 2 Comments
Fans of Ytai Ben-Tsvi's IOIO board will be happy to know that there's an update coming. Ytai recently announced that there's an second generation IOIO in the works. The new...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Tuesday May 29th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | No Comments
I love this project by Milwaukee artist Bryan Cera. Called Glove One, it’s a mobile phone in glove form. The project page is fairly sparse, but Bryan says a DIY...
Posted by John Baichtal | Friday May 4th, 2012 8:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 10 Comments
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