CLEANING SLIDES WITH PLASMA
[Ben Krasnow] hacked together a method of cleaning sides using plasma. His setup uses a mechanical vacuum pump to evacuate a bell jar. This bell jar is wrapped with a copper coil, which is connected to an RF transmitter. By transmitting RF into the coil, plasma is created inside the bell jar. Plasma cleaning is used …
PAPER ROM
This low-resolution memory gadget packs in just a few bytes of data. however it’s sufficient to spell out [Michael Kohn’s] name. He’s been experimenting with utilizing paper discs for data storage. His method becomes promptly remove when you view the demo video below. The disc spins several times with the sensor arm reading one track. …
HACKED PHONE RUNS ZORK, gets LAMP
A few months ago, [Ulysses] had a job in mind that would run Zork on a TDD. Although it was a bit of a struggle getting the job prepared in time for the Bay area Maker’s Faire, the accompanying develop blog tells us it was much more than worth the effort. After hooking up the …