Electronics Infoline

R/CLawnmower

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:21:05 UTC

[Johndavid400] built this incredible looking R/C lawnmower. After spending some time repairing broken R/C cars, he wanted to move on to something a little more useful and powerful.

Auto-drummer

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:46:03 UTC

Mix a cup of mechanical engineering with a dash of drum set and you end up with Steve, the robotic drummer. We know that it uses an MSA-T Midi Decoder but thats about the extent of what has been shared.

[M]ouse: a PS/2 to c64adapter

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:53:05 UTC

[svofski] has a friend who is a pixel artist. They really wanted to try out their skills on a c64, but were missing a mouse. The original mouse for the c64 was not only serial, but used a different method of communication than more modern mice.

Instruments as games games asinstruments

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:52:05 UTC

Heres a pair of diametrically opposed hacks. One makes use of a real instrument to play Rock Band, the other makes use of a game controller to play real music.

Robot interface lets fingers do thewalking

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:37:06 UTC

Were filing this one under best interface implementation. This robot is controlled by finger gestures on the surface of an iPod Touch.

Internet Connection Quality Monitoring

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:39:03 UTC

Morten Bentsen, a 17 year old from Norway made a system that would show him the quality of his internet connection at a glance. If you are into online gaming this could be something useful.

Set phasers toblind

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:05:06 UTC

[Directive0] added a 200mW laser to his Enterprise Phase Pistol toy. This joins the ranks of hand-held laser hacks that weve seen around here lately.

iMac G4 Touch Screen

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:02:08 UTC

Instead of purchasing a new iMac Dremmel Junkie opted to add some new features to his original iMac G4 such as a touch screen! Because the monitor connects to its controller through a proprietary connector its difficult to use with upgraded equipment.

?blog will be missed

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:49:05 UTC

Nick Chernyy from blog is hanging up his writing fingers. He is completing his PhD and needs to concentrate on that. The blog will remain as a reference for as long as the bits live on the server so check back on his old posts to see what you missed.

Chip Hacker

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:22:05 UTC

If you are working on an electronic hack and would like to poll the hacker audience. Chip Hacker is a site that should work well for you. You could also try the HG Forum but you will need to register and jump through a few hoops which are unfortunately required to combat the spam we were getting.

EyeWriter is the fruit of the KanEyeproject

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:15:10 UTC

The EyeWriter is an open source eye tracking initiative. This is the mature version of the KanEye project we covered in April. Collaboratively developed by Free Art and Technology (FAT), OpenFrameworks, and the Graffiti Research Lab, they seek to aid a friend of theirs who suffers from the degenerative muscle disease ALS.

Single-wing flight based on maple seedaerodynamics

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:35:03 UTC

The Samara Micro-Air-Vehicle is a product of over three years of work at the University of Marylands Aerospace Engineering Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory.

Remotely control your crappy car(dangerously)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:05:04 UTC

Heres one that brings back that giddy feeling we got when the original episodes of thebroken were posted all those years ago. The lunatics over at Waterloo Labs have altered a beat-up Oldsmobile for remote control via laptop, iPhone, and.

PCB light box in a scannershell

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:01:03 UTC

[Kizo] repurposed a flatbed scanner to use as an exposure box for making printed circuit boards. Exposure time is controlled by an AVR ATtiny2313 microcontroller.

Mini Acrylic Tesla Coil Project

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:04 UTC

Have a look at this beautiful Mini Acrylic Tesla Coil Project that our friend Daniel Eindhoven from Megavolts. nl put together. The build detail on this project might even rival the MV CoilMaster Mark1 Coil Gun! A small TeslaCoil fully made of acrylic plastic.

PIC16F88 LCD thermometer

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:21:02 UTC

Very simple thermometer with PIC16F88, two LM35 sensors and KS0108 graphic LCD. PIC16F88 LCD thermometer - [Link].

Roombas with UAV Brains PlayPac-Man

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:06:01 UTC

? [Jack], [Cory], and [Maciej] are playing Pac-Man with Roombas on a lab floor. The Roombas are outfitted with ALIX3d2 single board computers running Gentoo and a software suite developed for UAVs at the University of Colorado at Boulders Research and Engineering Center for Unmanned Vehicles.

Coaster ControlledHTPC

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:02 UTC

These days, HTPCs are becoming more and more common, however controlling the content elegantly can be a painfully annoying problem. Roteno Labs have come up with a wonderful solution they call the RFiDJ.

AWE: a roboticwall

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:54:01 UTC

AWE is an interesting project, where your office wall is a helpful robot. Thats the goal anyway. The wall is articulated and can reconfigure its shape to fit your needs.

Bike brake light senses you slowingdown

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:34:04 UTC

Group riding can be a bit dangerous if the pace is fast and riders dont notice a slowing in the front of the pack. [WyoJustin] designed a brake light system for cyclists to try and remedy this issue.

Laser etchingfruit

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:47:22 UTC

Ever annoyed by those pesky stickers on your fruit? They never seem to pull off in one piece and they always leave a little glue behind. Well, the industry might be moving away from them in favor of laser etching each piece of fruit.

Automated coffee beanroaster

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:59:22 UTC

Weve featured several different ways to roast coffee beans over the years. This is the next logical step. [Nightlife31] shows us how to use an Arduino and a popcorn popper to create a fully automated coffee bean roaster.

Cold cathode art piececontroller

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:36:22 UTC

[Andrew] built a light box for an exhibition last year that displayed different colors statically. After showing it off, it went unchanged but future improvements remained in the back of his mind.

1Hz Clock Generator using PIC12F675

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:50:06 UTC

Based on the idea from http://www. josepino. com/pic_projects/?timebase I have created a 1Hz Clock Generator. I use PIC12F675 as its available locally.

Pinguino

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:36:06 UTC

Pinguino is an Arduino-like board based on a PIC Microcontroller. The goal of this project is to build an integrated IDE easy to use on LINUX, WINDOWS and MAC OS X.

Superconducting sensor identifies liquids

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:34:06 UTC

Fast and reliable identification of liquids is of great importance in security, biology and beverage industry. An unambiguous identification of liquids could be made by electromagnetic measurements of their dielectric functions in the frequency range of their main dispersions, but this frequency range, from a few GHz to a few THz, were not covered by any conventional spectroscopy.

Wireless Spa Temperature Sensing System

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:28:06 UTC

The purpose of this project was to design and implement a reliable and cost effective wireless temperature sensing system for the recreational spa industry.

Stereoscopic 3d with a PICmicro

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:42:04 UTC

[Pyrofer] sent in his stereoscopic game project and we are just giddy with excitement. He has hacked apart an old TomyTronic 3D handheld viewer and put new guts in.

PUSH competitionwinners

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:39:33 UTC

Nokia team PUSH is proud to announce they have winners from the contest they held over the past two months. You may remember when we first told you about the competition, but heres a recap.

How to build a Light Up Camera Level for a DSLR

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:23:03 UTC

Have you ever shot in low light conditions and noticed your shots were off level? Well I certainly have! I have been doing a lot of work lately with long exposure photography and when I am out in the field using a gorillapod I find myself running into this quite often.

Medium format camera, fromscratch

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:44:35 UTC

[Peter Johansson] has taken it upon himself to build a medium format camera, from scratch. We know this is a shock to some of you, but this camera uses traditional medium.

DIY Apple Remote Shield for the Arduino

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:07 UTC

Have you ever wanted to make a apple remote? Or maybe want to have one of your arduino creations be able to control iTunes on your Mac, your iPod, Or your Apple TV? Now you can! Awhile back I was working on a project that that I wanted to be able to start music the on my mac through the IR receiver.

A sunrise and sunset lamp with LEDs

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:33:23 UTC

You know it, in the winter time it is hard to get up, because it is dark outside and your body just wont wake up in the middle of the night. So you can buy an alarm-clock that wakes you up with light.

Easy dialtelephone

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:20:22 UTC

[Taufeeqs] Grandmother needed to be able to call her family members but due to ailing eyesight and memory this was a difficult task. He decided to help her with this by building a telephone that will auto-dial a number at the push of a button.

Android ported to MeizuM8

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:44:33 UTC

[Evow04] has been working hard to run Android on a Meizu M8 smartphone and were beginning to enjoy the fruits of his labor. The Meizu M8 is a Chinese cell phone very similar in appearance and hardware to the iPhone.

honeycomb flash filter diy

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:49:34 UTC

honeycomb filter using soda drinking black straws, plastic folder and superglue To View All Steps on one page, Go Pro Today! step 1left - no1 diy honeycomb filter with 6cm soda drinking strawother left - no2 diy honeycomb filter with 3cm soda drinking straw step 2diy honeycomb flash filter no1 on the right step 3beam pattern of hcf no1 step 4beam pattern of hcf no 2 step 5using normal flash, all pictures taken using same setings in full manual mode with a 50mm (x1,6 (crop factor)=80mm).

Robot plays Rockband on the iPhone with Simulated Fingers

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:44:04 UTC

Rockband is lots of fun. What can be more fun than rocking out with Rockband on your iPhone? Well the answer is making a robot that is better than you at it! This robot uses sensors to look for the blips streaming down the screen and cool simulated fingers to jam on the touchscreen.

Mr. Wake, wakes up andruns

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:18:23 UTC

[isotope] must really hate himself. He has built a torture device of pure evil. Mr. Wake, his alarm clock robot, should be considered a torture device.

How To Enter the Light Up the Night! Contest

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:51:32 UTC

The nights are getting longer, but they can also get brighter. We want to know what ways you have for lighting your way or making yourself easier to see.

iPod Touch Viewing Stand

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:42:09 UTC

EZ Fast-n-EZ and my cost was $0. 45 remove one short side of thinner plastic cover that came with iPod cut a finger slot for EZ removal of iPod.

Music Synchronized LED Pumpkin

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:32:06 UTC

This year, I decided to make my pumpkin a little more exciting. I thought and thought about it, and then I came across LED Dance Room. I figured I could do that, and the project was born.

Time-lapse courtesy ofArduino

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:19:38 UTC

[Ross] put together a small package for use with time-lapse photography. The Nikon camera hes using can snap a picture when it receives an IR command.

The iPod Minty

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:18:09 UTC

This is a well implemented thought out Instructable. It is an HP series iPod Mini, put into a new hard ware shell. An Altoids Tin InstructJS. load([imagespot], function () var spot = ImageSpots.

CNC used to make 3D video using onecamera

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:54:38 UTC

[Gabriel] is making 3D movies using only one camera. This should be impossible because true 3D needs to be stereoscopic, with images from different perspectives for each eye.

Head-mounted computer with spit, bailingwire

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:51:39 UTC

Oh, for crying out loud! While we were all giddy reporting on yesterdays wonderfully done head-mounted computer, [Andrew Lim] of recombu. com comes along and essentially does the same thing with an HTC Magic handset and three dollars worth of Harbor Freight crap.

How to get your ipod touch ( or iphone if u really messed it up ) to quit crashing from lack of memory

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:25:12 UTC

Hi, There, ipod touch and iphone users. Ok, so im pretty sure you guys all have a slightly basic understanding of how the apple ipod works, right? You open an app.

Vodaphone ringtone musiccommercial

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:37:36 UTC

When we first saw Vodaphones ringtone commercial where 1000 cell phones perform a section of the William Tell overture, we just assumed it was some slick video editing, not to be taken seriously.

inPulse watch gets BlackBerry data viaBluetooth

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:10:36 UTC

[Eric] just told us about the watch he developed that displays info from a BlackBerry via Bluetooth. The watch displays updates, message alerts, incoming call information, and tells time.

Use iPhone to run yourselfover

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:03:31 UTC

The Spirit of Berlin team has developed an iPhone app to remotely control a minivan. They didnt have to do much to the vehicle to get this working because the platform was developed for the 2007 Darpa Urban Challenge.

Hefty ipod amp.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:01:20 UTC

Yes its that time of year again, its really cold outside and im bored. what to do. . . . make another instructable?. . . lets do it. Today we are going to make an ipod amp and speaker system.

Foam Bumper for the RC18R

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:55:27 UTC

The one thing I find the RC18R really lacking is the front bumper. An RC car chassis should have a bumper; otherwise, a front-end impact will damage the body.

Unreasonably bright bike light apparently huntsdeer

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:41:06 UTC

[Jukka] wanted a bike light that wasnt afraid to go into the woods during the dark winter. He put together a lamp that uses eight 3 Watt LEDs to pump out 1680 lumens (english translation).

Magic Mouse and MacBookteardowns

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:27:02 UTC

The folks at iFixit must hold some kind of record for fastest-voided warranty. Its been less than 48 hours since Apple unleashed a torrent of new computers and peripherals, and theyve already set upon the new wares like a pack of ravenous, spudger-wielding Velociraptors, photoblogging the splayed entrails for our edutainment.

freeBOOT gives the Xbox 360 JTAG hack newlife

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:49:04 UTC

There has been another development in the never-ending battle that is Microsoft trying to keep its gaming system closed to unauthorized use. Xbox-scene reports that a new hack called freeBOOT v0.

Bluetooth cartridge for NintendoDS

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:37:02 UTC

Weve received tips from a few different people about a new Bluetooth module that connects as a game cartridge for the Nintendo DS. This is a homebrew solution and not an official Nintendo add-on.

Ps3 laptop courtesy of BenHeck

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:07:08 UTC

[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.

how to kill a werewolf

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:11:10 UTC

Werewolves, half man, half wolf. Yet, how do you really kill one? Movies state that the the only sure fire way to kill one is by silver bullet or a blunt, silver object.

A simple but powerful pneumatic spud gun

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:51:10 UTC

In this ible ill show you how to create a simple but powerfull spud gun. (a. k. a. the taser totter a. k. a the tater tosser a. k. a. the potatoe cannon a.

Reverse geocachepuzzle

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:49:12 UTC

[Mikal] wanted to create an awesome electronic wedding gift for his friend who was moving to France. After experimenting with a few things, he settled on creating a puzzle box that would only open in a certain location.

Alzheimers victims fitted withLoJack

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:59:05 UTC

First it was for finding stolen cars, then keeping track of criminals, now Alzheimers sufferers are being fitted with GPS tracking devices. This has been going on for some time now, but unlike the old tracking devices were seeing an update in technology to take advantage of the cell network for communications.

PSP GO Mod

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:15 UTC

Have a look at this cool PSP GO Mod. There isnt much details since the creator doesnt speak English. Thanks Wouter!.

Emulator in NES cartridge so clean it looks factorymade

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:11:10 UTC

We extend our congratulations to [airz] over at the ben heck forums. He put together a mod that fits an emulator into an original NES cartridge and utilizes a butchered original NES controller; and he did an amazing job! He is using a cheap but full featured emulator board.

External GPS for iPod andiPhone

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:47:05 UTC

Ever wish your iPod touch or older generation iPhone had GPS capability? Now it can by using a Bluetooth GPS module along with the roqyGPS app. In April we saw a pretty creative way to add GPS to an iPod by using a homebrew accessory.

Shady Optical Illusion

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:06:11 UTC

Heres a simple yet surprising optical illusion that can be made within minutes. It involves four different shades of blue that border each other.

How to make a Plastic Bottle Barometer

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:51:16 UTC

This is an easy project and would make a great science experiment. Using a vacuum inside a plastic bottle with water in it, you can observe the changing air pressure with this simple barometer.

CN Tower synced withtechno

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:39:16 UTC

As part of Nuit Blanche, Torontos annual community art event, the CN Towers lighting system got put to some creative use. Installed 2 years ago, the RGB LED-based system is composed of 1330 individually addressable lights lining the glass elevator shafts.

Sonys wireless electricityoffering

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:42:24 UTC

In August we covered a wireless electricity presentation from the TED conference. Now Sony has put out a press release on their wireless flat panel television prototype.

See through walls via wirelessnetwork

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:56:26 UTC

Researchers at the University of Utah have been able to detect movement in a room based on variations in wireless signals. Accurate to about a meter, they are using a 34 node wireless network to do their sensing.

Farm hacking: 7 amazing cornmazes

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:24:11 UTC

If theres one thing weve got a LOT of here in America, its corn. In the past few years Corn Mazes have become a wildly popular fall activity for all ages.

Make an indoor/outdoor boomerang

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:49:07 UTC

Make an indoor boomerang that actually comes back. I recently bought a three winged boomerang, it is the only boomerang that I have boughten that actually comes back.

Laptop running on a sealed lead acidbattery

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:12:05 UTC

[Viktors] laptop needed a new battery; he had the trade off between carrying around a cheap but heavy sealed lead acid (SLA) battery, or buying an expensive but light Li-Ion battery.

Pictures from space for$150

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:29:02 UTC

Ever wanted to be able to launch a balloon into space, track its location via GPS, take some photographs of the curvature of the earth, and recover the balloon, all for the low low cost of $150? [Oliver Yeh] sent in his teams project, Icarus, which does just that.

Homebrewcarputer

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:11:40 UTC

Though not from scratch, [Avbrand] integrated a powerful set of tools into his Subaru station wagon. The system was compiled from off the shelf electronics, such as a Compaq notebook, 3G USB modem, touch screen, and an assortment of other peripherals.

KernelCheck kernelcompiler

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:13:03 UTC

If youve ever tried compile a linux kernel yourself you know the headache of configuring and taking care of dependencies. KernelCheck makes this a point and click process for debian based linux distributions such as Ubuntu.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ7 or DMC-ZS3 Unboxing

3 Jun 2009

Here is the unboxing picture of Panasonic DMC-TZ Compact Super Zoom Digital Camera. This is perhaps the best compact, pockatable super-zoom camera to date that can go up to a whopping 21.4x zoom (with extended optical zoom, digital zoom off).

Water Pump Relay Control

25 May 2009

By means of a Relay, employed to drive a water pump, this circuit provides automatic level control of a water reservoir or well.

Water Level Alert

25 May 2009

This circuit will emit an intermittent beep or will flash a LED when the water contained into a recipient has reached the desired level. If a deeper sensing level is needed, the clips can be extended by means of two pieces of stiff wire.

DC-to-DC Converter

25 May 2009

This DC to DC converter is built by the author for his 48V electric bike because he wanted to plug-in some common 12V accessories, that is, his cellphone charger, or a GPS unit.

DC to DC Boost Converter

25 May 2009

Learn how to build an efficient boost converter to provide high voltage from a lower voltage greater than 5V for several applications, most prominently to charge capacitors. The boost converter described here utilizes the Astable operation of the NE555 a timer Integrated Circuit, an IGBT, a Diode, and an Inductor coil of wire.

How to Build an Antenna

25 May 2009

An antenna is an electromagnetic device that collects or emits radio waves. It consists of material that conducts electricity arranged in such a way that it is in tune with the frequency of a radio signal. Like a tuning fork in the presence of a sound of the same pitch, an antenna tuned to a particular frequency will resonate to a radio signal of the same frequency.

The Half Wave Dipole or Hertz Antenna

25 May 2009

The dipole antenna dates back to the early RF experiments of Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century. It consists of a conductor that is broken in the center so that RF power can be applied to it. One can think of the half wave dipole as an open circuited transmission line that has been spread out, so that the transmission line can radiate a signal into space.

Digital Clock with MM5314N

25 May 2009

The digital clock of circuit, has as base one IC, the MM5314N, in which are contained all the circuits that need. The IC1 collaborates with six display of common anode, that are not critically as materials. You can select what dimension, you want it is enough you adapt pins their in the circuit. The display are drive by a system of polyplexis and are drive by thirteen transistors. For timing the circuit, is used the frequency of network 50HZ.

Tube Power Amplifier with EL34 - 35W

25 May 2009

It is a classic designing of final amplifier 35 W, with two EL34 in push-pull, from the Siemens and Halske.

3 channel RF remote control

21 May 2009

This is a 3 channel RF remote control project.The transmitter powered by 3V battery range about 10 m.This remote control I use PIC12F509 from Microchip which is a 8-pin single-chip microcontroller designed for low pin count applications with 1 K words flash memory and 41Byte SRAM and some special features such Power-saving Sleep mode,Wake-up from Sleep on pin change.

Infra-red Level Detector

21 May 2009

This circuit is useful in liquids level or proximity detection. It operates detecting the distance from the target by reflection of an infrared beam. It can safely detect the level of a liquid in a tank without any contact with the liquid itself.

Eeepc pictureframe

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:34:02 UTC

Weve all seen a million digital picture frames. Usually, people use an old outdated laptop or something. [Quinten] just sent in this one he made using an Eeepc 701.

Flickr images on a Nokia LCD

5 Sep 2008

LCDs are often used in microcontroller projects. Most used are these green character displays with two or more rows to display menus, status or debug messages. With mass production of mobile phones, color LCDs get that cheap, that they can be used as replacement.

Laser show for poor man

5 Sep 2008

Here is another useless but cool looking must build gadget for every romantic geek. Let me introduce PIC microcontroller based three axis laser spirograph.

Building your own ambient color lighting bars

5 Sep 2008

This instructable covers how to build, mount and control LED light bars to provide for full color ambient room lighting as well as ambilight style video effects.

Splitting the Atom - Inside the Eee PC 901

5 Sep 2008

Getting in is relatively easy, providing you know where to look. You will first need to remove the battery and take out all the screws on the underside (there should be 13 in total), including the one for the flap that hides the non-warranty voidable removable parts.

Pocket PC iPhone conversion

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:43:03 UTC

Call it superficial, but you can really help your Pocket PCs self esteem by giving it a face lift. Its still Windows Mobile on the inside, so most of your apps will look and function as before, but a few free downloads will get you home screen and dialpad themes, an iPhone-like contacts list, and the cool slide-to-unlock gizmo.

HOWTO download and watch YouTube videos on Windows Mobile

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:16:03 UTC

The web browser on Windows Mobile devices wont play YouTube videos, but you can still enjoy them on the go with the instructions on Pocket PC Thoughts: Anyone into watching YouTube videos knows it has always been pretty problematic to play YouTube videos on Windows Mobile.

Play Flash Lite 2.1 Content On Your Device

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:15:03 UTC

If you have an older Symbian or Windows Mobile device, it probably either came with support for Flash Lite 1, or no Flash support at all, whereas the newer devices are starting to be available with support for Flash Lite 2 content, which will allow developers to make use of more advanced programming features, not the least of which are functions.

Kindle Hacks

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:16:02 UTC

Igor Skochinsky has been doing some great reverse engineering on the Kindle ebook reader from Amazon. If youre not familiar with the device, the Kindle is a paperback-sized Linux-based ebook reader.