DIY Warriors Saluted And Sought

WaveDave writes "I have found some really inspiring pages out there by folks who are hacking together amazingly cool low-cost hardware/software/etc projects (reminiscent of the old homebrew computer club days). With the cost of IC's, sensors, microcontrollers, and PC's falling through the floor, we've entered a time where the barriers to entry on hacking neat projects are lower than they've ever been. There are a lot of indicators of the excitement in these projects, including the recent announcement of the upcoming Make Magazine from O'Reilly. Initially blown away by Matthias Wandel's projects, I've begun to put together a small collection of links to other creative DIY-ers out there, as well as resources for finding parts, getting stuff made (like PCB's and machined stuff). My current list is here - what are some of your favorite creatives and resources?"

Comments

Re:w00t w00t

[Nermal6693]

Hold on, you 'first posted' an article about DIY without mentioning duct tape!? And you call yourself a geek...

His next project and profitability

[tod_miller]

i shot some photos last week in seattle, next project is to outfit the dog with a camera for a week.

1: Attach camera to dog
2: make crotchsniffingcam.com
3: get /.'d
4: Profit! :-) aaaaw man, I hope his dog doesn't snif around goatsy type people!

I admit, his project are great, but why did he go sticking those shiney things on his PDA!?

I was dissapointed he used VNC to make his PDA work...

The kite pictures are cool though, I might try that with my $11 digicam! :-)

Re:DIY champ

[Anonymous Coward]

that site is class but theres no way that guy is a genuine geek.

the giveaway is he goes running!
outside!

for fun!!

Re:Mini-ITX Madness

[Anonymous Coward]

Without looking at the site:

- a musicplayer
- a jukebox
- a 'media center'
- a music jukebox
- a set-top musicplayer
- a set-top jukebox
- a set-top music jukebox
- a set-top 'media center'
- a 'networked' music player
- a 'networked' jukebox
- a 'networked' 'media center'
- a 'networked' set-top music player
- a 'networked' set-top jukebox
- a 'networked' set-top 'media center'

All for watching legal backup-copies of DVDs and CDs you bought.

Come on!

[pjt33]

You give a URL for a project involving CVS cameras and you don't tell people to "check it out"?

Re:w00t w00t

[AndroidCat]

There's someone who's done DIY duct tape? That I'd like to see!