An updated wireless version of the the Kindleberry, a combination of theRaspberry Pi and the Amazon Kindle, using the new Kindle Paperwhite.
Posted by Alasdair Allan | Monday May 6th, 2013 9:00 AM
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Raspberry Pi | 2 Comments
Expatriate hacker Chris “Akiba” Wang of Tokyo recently participated in a cool opportunity to deploy a sensor network in Dharamsala, India. I got an email from Marco at the International...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday April 25th, 2013 8:30 AM
Categories: Electronics, Science | No Comments
Steve, AKA Flickr user 3dking, built this mint-tin, PCB-less(!) SDR upverter, which switches your software-controlled Ham radio from VHF to HF. I built another up-converter, this time in to an...
Posted by John Baichtal | Wednesday January 23rd, 2013 9:17 AM
Categories: General | 2 Comments
Combine a remote-controlled (R/C) vehicle with some surveillance equipment to create your own terrestrial rover. Turn your rover into a game, explore the neighborhood, or challenge a friend to a...
Posted by Nick Normal | Friday December 21st, 2012 9:17 AM
Reid Bingham and Sean McIntyre, the duo behind Double One Design, created Autonomous Interactive Radio (AIR for short). It’s a Raspberry Pi-based DJ system which accepts MP3 files via email...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Wednesday December 19th, 2012 12:30 PM
Categories: General | 7 Comments
It might have been Robots of Saturn that first got my young brain thinking about building a mechanical man. In that obscure 1962 sci-fi adventure novel, Dig Allen and his...
Posted by Gordon McComb
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Robotics | No Comments
In this fun and easy project (which originally appeared in the Spy Tech edition of Make Magazine), you’ll connect a shirt-pocket “amplified listener” hearing aid with an in-car FM transmitter...
Posted by David Simpson
Categories: Hacks, Electronics | No Comments
Ever been scared to venture into the world of controlling AC power from your microcontroller? Me too. And that’s smart, because household AC can hurt/maim/kill if you’re not careful. The...
Posted by John Edgar Park
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile | No Comments
This circuit is commonly credited to Japanese multimedia artist Tetsuo Kogawa. It takes audio input through a 1/4″ phono jack and, constructed as shown, without the optional antenna connections, will...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | 2 Comments
You may have seen those "On Air" lights at film, radio or television studios. Now that anyone can broadcast video over the internet, it’s time to learn how to build...
Posted by Matt Richardson
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile | No Comments
By Limor Fried and Phillip Torrone We live in a rented apartment, so we don’t have hacking access to a power meter or breaker panel. But we still wanted to...
Posted by ladyada
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
Repair a damaged proximity swipe card.
Posted by Graham Cattley
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
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