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Open Source Gifts

Posted on February 17th, 2007 by sofimi.
Categories: everything else, tech, games.

Make: magazine has released a list of gift suggestions for the holidays on its blog and it’s nothing short of geeky—or should I say k33gy?

Here’s the short of it:

1. Open source Atmel AVR microcontroller kits
2. Qtopia- Greenphone/SDK
3. Open Prosthetics
4. Ubuntu with Support
5. x0xb0x - open source ‘acid’ bassline synthesizer with sequencer
6. Multimachine - Open Source machine tool
7. Arduino stamp
8. NEUROS OSD - Open Source Linux embedded media center
9. MIDIsense A real-world MIDI interface platform
10. Open source firmware + wireless router… Buffalo WHR-HP-G54
11. The MAKE “Daisy” MP3 Player Kit - Open source MP3 player
12. Open EEG - Analog & digital boards
13. The Leaf - Open source robot using artificial intelligence and vision
14. Rockbox an new MP3 player
15. Open source IR for Xbox
16. Game of Life Board
17. Open source web based home automation
18. DIY Fuel Injection Conversion using open source engine management
19. Liberlab - Open source lab
20. Butterfly open source mp3 Player
21. MediaPortal - Open source media center for Windows
22. Flex-Radio SDR-1000 - Open source software radio
23. Chumby - Open source squeezable, Wi-Fi bean-bag computer
24. Open source embedded ethernet
25. Open source beer
26. openEyes - open-source open-hardware toolkit for low-cost real-time eye tracking
27. Open-source grid controller - the monome
28. Open source planetarium
29. PortableApps Suite - Computer without a computer
30. LEGO Mindstorms NXT
31. MAKE Controller Kit - Open source physical computing
32. SpokePOV - Persistence of vision for your bike!
33. Open Source MIDI Keyboard
34. Electronic game kit
35. MiniPOV kit
36. Minty Boost kit - charge USB devices
37. High Speed Photography Kit
38. Alice
39. MAKE Leatherman warranty voiders!
40. eMusic gift certificate & Magnatune
41. XGameStation Pico Edition 2.0 - DIY game console
42. Universal Software Radio Peripheral
43. EFF Pioneer membership
44. O’Reilly Open source books & Safari
45. OpenMoko phones & Gumstix
46. Open Gameboy - Flashcar and DevKit
47. Playstation 3 - PS3 + the OtherOS laoder with Linux
48. GP2x - Open source gaming
49. AVRSynth - Open source synthesizer
50. A PSP - Hacked up, freed and open PSP with LuaPlayer
51. MIDIBox - Open MIDI
52. MAKE Magazine - By makers for makers

And here’s the long of it.

The OpenMoko phone is a refreshing sight from all the Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson phones clogging up the stores. (Add the iPhone to that list as well.) That media center looks a lot like the PS3. And of course, the Open Source Beer is a hoot. Do check out the post discussion for even more ideas!

How about you? Do you have any geeky things on your wishlists?

Footnote: Okay, I know this is uber-uber-uber late for Christmas or Valentines or whatever holiday I’ve skipped, but I’ll publish this post anyway. Kung Hei Fat Choi! Haha. Talk about procrastination—which I’ll write about next time. ^_~

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