maker-culture

  1. Windows 98 in a Toaster: A Nostalgic Maker Hack

    It is a bizarre, unapologetically delightful piece of maker theatre: someone has put a retro Windows 98 desktop inside a consumer smart toaster and wired the toaster’s controls to a pair of Raspberry Pi boards so you can launch a program called toast.exe and, in effect, make breakfast from a...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. Vape-to-Web Server: Tiny MCU Runs HTTP on a Discarded E-Cig

    An engineer has turned a discarded disposable vape into a functioning web server — and the stunt is more than a neat hack: it’s a concise demonstration of how tiny, low-cost microcontrollers embedded in throwaway consumer goods can be repurposed to run real network stacks and serve pages, while...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  3. VIDEO How I Made My Own iPhone - in China

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    • Forum: The Water Cooler