Linux inside… An Apple studio display
The old Apple studio displays make excellent cases for putting a new computer inside, Toolman hacked up one pretty nicely, here are the photos, video and build notes… [via] - Link.
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Archive for the 'Computers' Category
Monitor temperatures with Linux
Jeroen made a 1-wire temperature sensing system, he writes -
“When the central computer/network equipment hall of Tilburg University got new climate control equipment, the Unix system managers were anxious to get relevant information (mostly temperature readings) fed directly into their Nagios monitoring system. Several solutions were available, but none of them really looked good. So I set out to create a simple, low-tech, cheap, but reliable and professional solution to solve their request. “ [via] - Link.
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Solar powered 802.11 free hotspots
A MAKE reader writes - “After playing with various WiFi setups for a community network for the past three years, I discovered Meraki which is testing an easy to use setup for a mesh network (based on mit roofnet). The hardware was not designed for outdoor use so I used sch 40 pipe to make an inexpensive case that I can dock on my solar charger or undock the device and walkabout the neighborhood to extend the size of the network. “ - Link.
Wikipedia CD BitTorrent
Neat, grab this torrent and give the CDs away as gifts or put on flash drives -
“A “Wikipedia CD” has been made available for download on BitTorrent.com. The CD comprises of over 2500 hand-picked educational articles aimed at helping schools enhance their curriculum and children learn.
WikipediaThe CD has been compiled by volunteers for “the world’s largest orphan charity”, SOS Children. The articles, all of which are from the English language portal, are on common educational topics such as Geography, Science, Dinosaurs, Plants and Animals, to name a few. Articles on all countries and their capital cities have also been included.” [via] - Link.
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Trash can PC
WWYDWFI? (What would you do with fifty iMacs?)
MAKE Flickr photo pool member csc934 wants to know - What would you do with fifty iMacs -
In the fall of 2006, there were a bunch of Imacs in the old girl’s locker room of the middle school. Nobody wanted anything to do with them, and since there were enough of them, it seemed like there might be something interesting we could do with them in the Build Repair class. Enough kids were interested in trying it out that we turned it into an event. The whole class went over to DMS to harvest the imacs. Two machines per kid, it seemed like an easy thing. Imacs are a bit heavy. It was a physical struggle to get them across the street. We survived.
So what would you do with 50 Imacs? They are mostly G3’s, some have OSX, some have OS9.
The deal with taking stuff of the loading dock or anywhere in the waste stream of the IT department is that if they don’t want it, we can have it. They don’t want to maintain it in the future if they chuck it. So they are free machines and have to leave the school. Not a bad deal… - Link & wiki.
MacBook Pro - digitalMarionette
Anfischer writes -
“This a digital marionette. the later model powerbooks are equipped with a motion sensor that can be accessed by software. I wrote a small processing application that reads out the sensor. The digital representation of the marionette reacts to the sensor output and can be controlled by moving the laptop. The idea was to extend the laptop with a pair of strings to use it as a digital marionette. The application I wrote reads out the Powerbook´s sudden motion sensor´s position data and then uses it, to move the marionette accordingly. If you tilt the notebook to the left, the marionette on the screen reacts to gravity and also swings left (and vice versa). To see the marionette in action… The next step would be to equip two or more laptops with the handles and stage a play at your local kindergarten.” [via] - video & more info.
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Small form factor PC on the RI WiMax Network
Brian writes - “This is the configuration I’m using to set up my project for the Rhode Island statewide wireless network. When it’s done, it will just be the computer in the Voom PC case, the XPower 300W power pack, the solar cell, and of course the WiMax card. I plan to try it out in some moving vehicles and hopefully some rooftops in Providence.” - Link.
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- MAKE Projects: Small Form Factor PCs - Link.
The Nagy Magical-Movable-Type Pixello-Dynamotronic Computational Engine
datamancer.net has a great old-fashion meets modern PC mod… -
“Celebrate the historical heritage of the modern Personal Computer..the way it should have been.
While charming in its reticence, the buzzing beige rectangle under a desk hardly seems a fitting aesthetic legacy for what is inarguably the most important invention of the last 100 years.
With a little creative anachronism, this project aims to retrocentrically create a false historical heritage for the modern computer. “ [via] - Link, parts list & in progress photos.
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Peter Green’s Modded Macs (interview)
Giles over at the MacDevCenter has a great interview (and video) with Mac modder Peter Green -
“Deep in the Somerset countryside, roughly 10 miles outside Bath and Bristol, lies the little village of Clutton. Half a mile or so past The Railway Inn public house is a quiet lane with open fields on one side and a row of old cottages on the other.
One of these cottages is painted bright blue. Inside it lives professional musician and composer, Peter Green. When he’s not composing music, Peter Green hacks Macs. During the last year or so, Peter has designed and hand-built two custom Mac machines. As far as he knows, they are the smallest, lightest Mac laptops in the world.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Mac mini portables; the MMPs.” - Link.
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