[Tim] found himself with a laptop that had a good 18.4″ screen, but otherwise didn’t run properly. It would be a shame to throw that away, so he decided to salvage the screen by turning it into a standalone monitor. This isn’t exactly new, as he did what many people have done and looked to…
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[Andrew] wanted a digital readout (DRO) for his tiny lathe and tiny mill, but found that buying even one DRO cost as much as either of his machines. The solution? You guessed it, he built his own for cheap, using economical digital calipers purchased off eBay. The DRO he created features a touch screen with a…
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Kiss that energy hungry PC you’ve been utilizing as a house server goodbye. [Vince Loschiavo] shows us exactly how he squeezed a amazing amount of performance out of an low-cost Android stick which handles his home’s digital empire. He started off just wanting some network connected storage. For this he grabbed an MK802 Android Stick which…
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