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Welcome to my list of interesting projects, people, resources, and other useful stuff. If you have a site that you think ought to be in my list, or you find that one my my links has broken, please send me an email. I can't promise to post everything that I'm sent, but if it's cool, chances are good that I will add it to my list. Happy creating!

Kiva is a micro-finance nonprofit organization founded by my good friends Matt and Jessica Flannery. Have a look - they are doing great things.

• Kits for building hardware/software interactions
  • Arduino - A hardware platform that implements the processing/wiring language
  • Wiring - A hardware platform build to work like Processing
  • Phidgets - cool USB-compatible hardware modules (sensors, actuators, drivers, displays, etc..) for projects.
  • BlueSense - hardware interface boards, and a standalone pd-running box.
• Music Controllers and Music Tech (under construction)
• the Vocaloid by Yamaha
• MusicXML
• Gestural Control of Music
• Creative misuse and abuse of musical tools
• Pure Data : Software dataflow DSP prototyping environment
• Tim Kaiser's cool stuff
• DIY stompboxes
• STC-100
• Bjoern's two-person music controller
• Making USB devices wireless
  • Y-E Data UWB-based wireless USB hub
  • Belkin UWB-based wireless USB hub
• Creative people and projects
• Build your own Segway
• Tilt sensor for your palm pilot
• DIY CD Changer
• Matthias Wandel's webpage (built the DIY CD Changer)
• Markus Wandel's webpage (Matthias's brother, also a hacker of neat stuff!)
• Jonathan Westhues's page
• Interaccess - home of the Art Interface Device (AID)
• HowToons, how-to projects for kids
• Hans-Christoph Steiner's webpage : lots of cool audio and interaction-related projects
• ZE Frank : lots of fun/interactive web content
• Tim Hunkin's page
• Daniel Rozin - maker of the famous Wooden Mirror, and many other wonderful projects
• Limor makes some very cool stuff, if you can navigate her page to find it! (hint - click here or here or here or here for lots of good info..)
• DIY kites for kitesurfing - a good resource.
• Some (mostly) audio-related projects
• Headphone-specific projects
• Building or Obtaining MIDI Organ Pedalboards
• DIY Subwoofers
• mini-itx.com: a crazy parade of casemods for the mini-itx style of PC
• Fred's World of Science
• linux CNC
• the Front Panel Computer mark II
• Dennis Kuschel's hobby projects - including his homebuilt CPU
• hackaday.com
• Desktop 3D Scanner from Common (Geek) Household Supplies [Phase 1]
• DIY hi-fi
• Green Bay Professional Packet Radio
• The Guru's Lair
• computer christmas
• MegaSquirt EFI
• Good Informational Resources
• Bill Buxton's list of input sources for HCI
• ePanorama.net - all kinds of electronic circuits
• Telephone circuits stuff here and here
• LIRC : Linux Infared Remote Control project
• Circuit Cellar Magazine
• Nuts & Volts
• ATMEL microcontroller resources
• A GNU Development Environment for the AVR Microcontroller
• Atmel AVR and STK500 devboard with Linux
• AVR Microcontroller Programming on a Mac
• AVRFreaks website
• WINAVR - AVRGCC
• avarice - a program for interfacing the Atmel JTAG ICE to GDB to allow users to debug their embedded AVR target
• AVR libc function reference
• AVRDUDE and simple programming circuit
• Programming a spider's brain
• Olimex AVR dongles
• American Mavericks on Public Radio
• tech video rental - looks like a great HOW-TO archive, for your renting pleasure..
• DIY How-To Aggregators
• Instructables - Share what you make and how others can make it
• InventionDB - Blog your projects, find new resources
• Do it Yourself Forums - "Why Should You Pay if You Can - Do it Yourself!"
• Places to buy components:
• Sparkfun - a great resource for modules, parts, kits, and sample code
• Saelig - products for prototypers and hobbyists
• chip45
• HVW Technologies - Microcontrollers, Embedded Software, Development Tools and Robotics
• Dontronics
• Adafruit - kits for electronics hobbyists
• Mendelsons Electronics
• MPJA Online
• All Electronics
• Digikey
• Newark
• Mouser
• Jameco
• McMaster Carr
• Grainger
• Happ Controls - arcade related parts (buttons, joysticks, etc..)
• Tubes and More : Antique Electronic Supply
• The Electronic Goldmine
• BG Micro
• American Science Surplus - fun!
• eMachineShop - they will machine custom parts, and give you an instant quote
• CNCZone - discussion boards for DIY CNC machinists
• AP Circuits - cheap and simple PCB's
• Advanced Circuits - a little less cheap, but high-quality PCB's, and student discounts!
• Express PCB - another low-cost PCB house
• Olimex - cheap PCB's
• EagleCAD - PCB Layout software
• Cool Web Services
• Fotologue - a great Japanese Photography sharing site (flash)
• Flickr - online photo sharing
• Technique and How-To
  • Vectorizing photos
• Software tools
  • Ptplot
• Creativity and Problem-Solving
  • They've got it! Science grasps eureka moment
• Conferences
• Badge resources
• Kite-surfing/snowboarding
• Cool people doing cool stuff
• WSUiR, the shockwave, the student-run Wichita State University Internet radio station
• Kiva - you can give micro-loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries!
• Local info
• The only usable MBTA map that I have found online is here. It's a map of boston, with the subway routes overlaid on it, so you can see where the different stops can be found - IMAGINE THAT!! If you're interested in the MBTA's actual webpage, it can be found here.
• Amazing! Years later, the MBTA creates a website that actually gives this functionality! Check it out, at this link


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