Oktober 2011 - Technology-Guerilla

Apple Macbook Air unpacking

I’m really addicted to the products from Apple. The new member in the team is a 13,3″ Macbook Air with 256 GB SSD. The boot time speed is awesome.

Mod the IKEA Sunnan to charge an iPad

http://voltaicsystems.com/blog/mod-the-ikea-sunnanto-charge-an-ipad2/

via http://hackaday.com/2011/10/28/upgrading-a-solar-lamp-to-charge-an-ipad/

Magnetic deviation – compass and diving

Magnetic deviation is the error induced in a compass by local magnetic fields, which must be allowed for, along with magnetic declination, if accurate bearings are to be calculated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_deviation

So it’s a good idea to hold the compass and the torch in different hands !

A Commodore Pet in an FPGA

http://www.stepinfusion.com/projects/pet2001fpga/

via http://hackaday.com/2011/10/27/recreating-the-commodore-pet-with-an-fpga/

Chris Fenton’s mechanical counting mechanism

via http://hackaday.com/2011/10/27/3d-printed-electromechanical-computer/