‘Technology’ Archives
Nice drawings of the Arduino UNO and Mega 2560
Layne writes - If you’re looking to make your own shield for the Arduino platform, you’ll definitely need to know where all the pins and holes are located on the Arduino. After doing a quick search, I was unable to find an accurate technical drawing of the new Arduino UNO and Arduino Mega 2560. Using the PCB design files available at the [...]
Acer Revo 100 : PS2 like slim desktop
The desktop PC unless for business use or hardcore gaming seems to be dying, a thing of the past replaced by fancy Tablet PCs, Laptopsand Netbooks. Re-invented as with space saving in mind and the popularity of the iMac, all-in one PCs seem to be the way of the home desktop PC but you can also opt for a super small barebones or this new Revo 100 [...]
Profiling the tradesmen and women of the 21st century
Michael Doyle, of OmniCorpDetriot, pointed us to The Journeyman Project, a wonderful photo essay blog being done by Troy Paff, photographer and cameraman for Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. Troy writes on the blog: In the five years since Dirty Jobs' premiere, its small crew has experienced an unprecedented number of vocations. With nearly 300 jobs [...]
New Lenovo Laptops and Desktops
Just when you thought computing was going just with tablet PCs and all-in-one affairs, Lenovo have offered to the world two brand spanking new laptops and a pretty good desktop to boot. Sadly you can’t get one of these till the new year so Santa won’t be bringing you them even if you’ve been extra good Firstly the laptops. The Y460p and [...]
LG E-Note H10008 : Windows 7 Tablet PC
LG is certainly pushing the boat put with it’s forays into the new tablet PC market. With the soon to be here LG Optimus Android Tablet there’s certainly a lot of potential from the Koreans, but now they’ve unveiled another, a Windows 7 based one with Atom processing power. After appearing in a recent FCC database the news came out on [...]
Marshall Branded Headphones : Pictures Galore
Whether your a musician or just a music lover Marshall Amplification is a brand you’ll recognise with it’s iconic logo and black and gold colours. I was chuffed recently to see the re-issue if you will, of the Pure DAB radio branded with the famous amps design and colours. Well now Marshall themselves are hitting the market with two styles of [...]
Samsung ???? :Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” inbound
Those wonderful chaps at Google’s next edition of Android is due soon and has been titled “Gingerbread”. Full details of whats new are still a bit scarce but what we’ve found out is that Samsung are planning a yet to be named mobile to run the new OS and the speccage looks pretty decent. All looks good on the mobile OS front for both [...]
Marshall Headphones Sneak Preview
The heavy sound of Marshall has been carried over the world for nearly 50 years. Breathless roadies and roaring trucks have worked hard to make Marshall heard all across the globe. Now, time has come for you to carry this magnificent burden of rock ‘n’ roll all by yourself. Spending half a century on tour with the most prominent and untamed [...]
Lumigon T1 Android Phone
Lumigon for those not sure are a Danish mobile maker that this week announced at an international Gala show in Copenhagen it was releasing the T1 Android operated smartphone. “What makes this special” you may ask. Well the phone itself has decent enough speccage but what Lumigon have said is that the phone will also double up as a Universal [...]
Rocketman’s Flying Coffin of Dead
Just in time for Halloween comes Ky Michaelson's (aka Rocketman) and fellow hobby rocketry legend Bruce Lee's (no, the OTHER Bruce Lee) Flying Coffin of Dead, a full-size, flying afterlife surfboard. You may know Ky from being covered in MAKE. He's also featured in our forthcoming Make: Ultimate Workshop and Tool Guide special issue (which you'll [...]
