We are saddened to report that Robert Spinrad, father of MAKE Projects Editor Paul Spinrad, has died. From John Markoff's NYTimes obit: Robert J. Spinrad, a computer designer who carried out pion...

Maker Sidekickx91 disassembled an Eee PC 4G 701 netbook, added a 7" USB touchscreen, some extra RAM, and mounted it in a custom-built cabinet enclosure to create this very functional and attracti...

Physical Storage vs. Digital Storage @ The Mozy Blog... Click on through to see the massive image... Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read ...

My second SPARK project is going to be slightly different than my first. I've learned a lot about Windows Embedded CE 6.0R2, and have a better idea of it's strengths and weaknesses. It is a so...

Researches at the Univerity of Toronto's Dynamics Graphics Project are developing this gesture based 3D sketching program. By interpreting a sketch in 3D, the software allows one to adjust the pe...

In a previous post, I covered several of the available SPARK computing systems, so I won't revisit SPARK hardware too extensively in this series. I will share any interesting discoveries I make wo...

In my last post, I presented the beginnings of a plan to connect an iRobot Create to an iCop SPARK computer running Windows Embedded CE R2.0. Now it's time to dive in and get some code loaded onto...

In my last post, I presented the beginnings of a plan to connect an iRobot Create to an iCop SPARK computer running Windows Embedded CE R2.0. Now it's time to dive in and get some code loaded onto...

Via CNET, Sam 3.14 writes - What's to be done with their corporeal remains after a geek has left for that great data bank in the sky? For my recently departed brother (long illness, Don't Smo...

Providence, Rhode Island is home to many larger than life characters. One that has special meaning for me, and is arguably one of the most iconic characters, is New England Pest Control's giant bl...