Bouncy iPhone controlled dance lights

[John Boiles] introduces us to dimlet, his portable network controlled light dimmer. Inside the box is a fonera 2100 router that is running openWRT connected to an unnamed AVR microcontroller. Right now, he's controlling the unit with his iPhone. It has three modes of control; a manual "slider" mode, an accelerometer controlled "dance" mode, and a programmable "tap" mode. You can download all … [Read more...]

Ps3 laptop courtesy of Ben Heck

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[Ben Heck] may be the coolest person ever (take that [Adam Savage]). You would think that after producing so many laptop versions of gaming consoles he would grow tired or we would be bored of them. But no! We love each and every new production - including his latest laptop-ified Ps3. Not too much in the terms of 'new' comes from his latest article, but it does reaffirm some things including: why … [Read more...]