HOW TO - Make a slip ring power connector

Stephan writes - ""This site describes how to make a slip ring power connector by using four ball bearings. It then is connected to a motor's axle and allows to continuously power a rotating fluorescent light. - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Sensor workshop using the MAKE Controller Kit

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Here's the first ever sensor workshop using Make Controller Kit - the intensive 4-day workshop offers a hands-on introduction to sensors, sensor interfaces and integration of software and hardware... "Michael Shiloh, Margaret Schedel and Michael Zbyszynski will teach a workshop on how to use the Make Controller Kit to interface to a variety of sensors for musical performance, dance, video, sound, and art installations. Students will learn electronics, how to solder, how to work with sensors, and how to use the Make Controller kit. Cycling '74's Max/MSP/Jitter programming environment will be used for manipulating music and images with the sensor data, and to create reactive environments. In the course of the workshop participants will build a working system which they will take with them. June 29 - July 2, 2006
Workshop Cost: $600
A $200 materials fee, due by June 19, includes the Make Controller Kit and sensors Full details are at www.sensorworkshop.com Margaret Schedel: Women's Audio Mission (www.womensaudiomission.org)
Michael Shiloh: MakingThings (www.makingthings.com)
Michael Zbyszynski (www.piratelemur.com)" Related:

• MAKE Controller KIT - Link.
• The MAKE Controller. Announcing a just-maybe-revolutionary microcontroller for all things DIY. MAKE 06 - Page 164.

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$11 Super wide angle digital camera

Slacy writes "Add a 160 degree wide angle lens to your existing digital camera for $11. This was based on ideas from the following webpage..." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

DIY - Bernoulli's Slalom

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Intoon writes "Using some household materials and some basic physics, you can have a fun game that is playable for hours." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Tensegrity cell phone holder

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Wan writes "Based on the tensegrity coffee table article, we made a cell phone holder out of some sticks and fishing lines. We had a few false starts, a couple of complete failures, and learned a few things about tensegrity based structures from making this little scale model." - Link. Related:
Building Tensegrity Models. Make a "needle tower" sculpture from dowels and elastic cord that seems to defy the laws of physics. MAKE 06 - Page 100.[Read More] [Comments]

Emergency welding using automotive batteries

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Byron writes "After seeing the inspiring portable glass blowing studio and the Crucible's fire truck of fire at the Maker Fair, I found an interesting Make... take away style. A improvised battery welder made with 3 12v batteries and a few jumper cables make it easier to share Making or may save you in a pinch." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Bike mod - "Your Daddy's in the House"

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Mypk8 posted up this great modded bicycle - "Created from an old Schwinn tandem - I think it was a Varsity. I cut it up and added a drafting table leg for the down tube. Then filled the holes in with bondo to give it a spine sort of look. I used the triple trees from a purchase on ebay. I removed the stock legs and used some galvanized pipe with wheel mount tabs welded on to really rake it out. Topped off with a spiderweb gusset for that CFL look. If your not at least 6' you'll just have to watch. The bike is actually quite comfortable and it's strong enough to stand up and crank on it to get up hills. Lots of fun." - Link. Post your bicycle creation up in the MAKE Flickr photo pool! - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Make a spiderbot

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Here's how to make a spider-like robot / ornament. It uses a pager motor to vibrate spider across table - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Caller ID on BetaBrite

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Here's another caller ID on scrolling LED screen project, this one on an old Beta-Brite LED screen - Thanks Douglas! Link. Previous:
Squeezebox caller ID - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Homemade CNC machine (video)

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Here's a video from our pals at Technical Video Rental, Chris Reynolds talks about the CNC machine he made himself from $100 in parts over three weekends. The machine is driven by a PC running TurboCNC. The machine moves a router over an XY tabletop to cut parts from wood, foam, plastic, etc for hobbies like RC airplanes. - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Garmin eTrex data cable

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Jens writes - "I have read your blog entries for GPS data loggers. Instead of getting one of those stand-alone data loggers, I would suggest to get a Garmin e-Trex. This is a standard GPS handheld receiver for outdoor use. They sell for about 100$, collect 10000 data points and run 22 hours on AA cells. And because these have a display and more functions they can also be used for outdoor activities. I wouldn't save those 5$ and get only a data logger with much less functionality. And even better, you can MAKE the data cable yourself. I made one and it is very easy." - Link. Previous:

• A cheap GPS loggers... Link.
• Where conference - Link.

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Homemade quadrifilar helicoidal antenna - (get your own weather images!)

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Wow, here's a homemade QuadriFilar Helix antenna for APT satellite reception. What can you do with this? Pull down weather images as satellites orbit the earth and transmit their images - here's how it was made and some images snagged from NOAA18, NOAA17, NOAA15 and NOAA12 - Link. Related:
Design and construction of quadrifilar helicoidal antennas - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Xbox remote add-on

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Mark3 writes with own version of the DIY Xbox remote - "I did something similar with a PIC, though not as feature full as the one on the linked site. Mine supports powerup using the xbox dvd remote and shutdown/reboot by holding a predefined button for 5 seconds. I was initially planning on selling them, but it just takes too long to make the buggers :) I have two of them installed and working, overall a pretty fun project to do." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Make a solar kitchen

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Here's how to make a solar cooker from a parabolic mirror - Link & translated version.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Build a $75 Electric Wheel

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Mister Joshua writes - "This is a heavy-duty potters wheel, for people who want something more hardcore than the chocolate spinner. You can find kick wheel plans here..." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Make upside down glasses

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If you ever wanted to know what it's like to walk around upside down, The BBC's Might Truck of Stuff has a PDF how-to on making your own upside down glasses - Thanks Gavin! Link. A pal IMed me and said "The Upside-down goggles thing is very interesting. Did you know there was an experimenter in 1897 by the name of George Stratton who fashioned a pair and wore them for several days ... and eventually his brain learned to correct the image?" - If you do try this out, let us know, thx.[Read More] [Comments]

DIY MP3 art frames and posters?

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Pepsi is deploying these posters in Toronto and Vancouver subways, when your plug your headphones in they play music - Link. You could make your own version by grabbing one of these $9 MP3 players, hacking it up and extending the battery....Could be fun for a DIY art frame that plays music or talks when you plug in to it, or a lot of other things.... Update: These Coke posters scream at people too.[Read More] [Comments]

Wrench Xylophone

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Howtoons writes - "Want to make a real Garage Band? Then you'll need an instrument. Get out your wrench set, start wacking 'em, and make a xylophone." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Indoor electric aeroplanes

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Rick writes - "Easy to make room sized fliers. Lots of opportunity to experiment with this cheap and cheerful "remote control" flying machine" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Build your own trailer lights hookup

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This week's "Gadget Freak" article from Design News shows you how to build your own trailer light hookup - "Trailer rental firms insist that tow vehicles provide operating lights -- turn, tail and brake lights for every towed vehicle rented. Easy to do if the tow vehicle is wired that way, but a pain if it has separate turn and stop lamp circuits. John's solution is a pair of diodes, some quick disconnects and an inexpensive wiring harness. He used Schottky diodes for low- voltage drop, rated 3A to handle 36W of trailer lights. He then threw in a few quick splice connects for the rear tail light wires and the mate to the trailer's 4-Way Flat and was set quicker than he could say "You haul!" Oh, yeah -- be sure the vehicle and tow hitch can handle the trailer, cargo and tongue weight." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Electric Bicycle - Battery updgade

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FrankG writes - "Here some more adventures with the "Electric Bike" project, this installment covers upgrades for extended range, road tires and a small rant on cheap electronics..." - Link. Previous:

• Electric bicycle (part 1) - Link.
• Electric bicycles - Link.

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HOW TO - Linux on obsolete displays

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Bryan writes - "Interfacing older, non VGA displays to systems with VGA hardware without the help of a hardware scan converter- Almost every linux embedded project out there today uses some form of LCD text or graphics display. CRTs have been abandoned as bulky and obsolete. But not all are. Forgotten are the tiny portable b/w televisions you can pickup for almost nothing online or at your local drugstore. These are indeed small, and capable of displaying readable 80x25 text and 640x480 graphics. Best of all is the price, less than $20, often free. No LCD can compete here. Coupled with an equally inexpensive wyse winterm (shown), this linux based system costs a lot less than a crankup laptop or anything you'll ever see at a tradeshow." [via] - Thanks Tom! Link.[Read More] [Comments]

DIY 1000 watt wind turbine

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Sspence writes - "We built a 1000 watt wind turbine to help charge the battery bank that powers our offgrid home. It's a permanent magnet alternator, generating 3 phase ac, rectified to dc, and fed to a charge controller. The magnets spin with the wind, the coils are fixed, so no brushes or slip rings necessary." - Link. Related:

• If you make a lot of these it might interfere with military radar? (check out the comments) - Link.
• Wind Powered Generator - With a motor and some piping, it's suprisingly easy to build this inexpensive, efficient windmill generator. MAKE 05 - Page 90.

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Cardboard Aerodrome

Arlrcr writes - "I design and "MAKE" flying (high performance acrobatic) radio control electric airplanes from recycle-able materials. Primarily corugated cardboard, foam meat trays popsicle sticks, coffee stirrers, bits of wire, Tape, food shrink wrap, etc. The model airplane community does'nt seem to "get it", but perhaps the MAKE community will!" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

LED Touch sensor

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Dan writes - "Saw the nifty capacitive sensor post... very cool stuff. We presented a cousin of this: led touch(less) sensing, at the make fair as part of our motestruments. Perhaps you and the makers would be interested in this very quick write up on how to get an LED to be both a light and a touch sensor." - Link. Related:
Multi-Touch Sensing through LED Matrix Displays - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Make an office supply trebuchet

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Scissorman writes - "Bored at work? Build your own 3" trebuchet out of paperclips and throw balls of blu-tac up to an amazing 4 feet. WOW!!" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

DIY LCD monitor

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MAKE reader Ronal has some pages describing using an old laptop LCD screen as DIY LCD monitor, I'm not exactly sure where/what converter and inverter is being used (and how much it was) but - this is one of the most asked "DIY" mods folks want to do, so - perhaps we can figure out if this worth checking out." [via] - Link. Update: The Geekgroup sent these in... Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Build a touchless lightswitch

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Ryan writes - "Capacitive sensors have historically been regarded with fear and hostility among hobbyists. They're notoriously flaky, unreliable, and difficult to design. Further, they traditionally fall in the "analog domain" which is something the casual microcontroller hobbyist can sometimes wince at. They usually require fancy shielding, and are unsettlingly sensitive to changes in things like temperature, humidity, air pressure, cosmic radition, my girlfriends feelings, and the mushroom kingdom stock market index. I've found lately though that capacitive detection doesn't have to be so scary. With a few simple design rules and a little signal processing, you can do some immensely cool stuff with basically no effort at all. (And as many parts!) This project is just one simple example. There are all sorts of ways you could couple a theremin-like antenna set up with some signal processing to produce fun results. I hope to try more of them!" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

'Fly Electric' - CD-ROM motors

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Here's how to make brushless motors from CD-ROM parts and use them as small model airplane motors - [via] - Link.
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Old PCs = Sculptures

Here are 11 or so things you can do with old PCs and old PC parts - [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

MintyBoost! - Small battery-powered USB charger

Ladyada has a new kit and best of all extensive documentation on making a charger for just about anything that recharges via USB - "This project details a small & simple, but very powerful USB charger for your mp3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge! The charger circuitry and 2 AA batteries fit into an Altoids gum tin, and will run your iPod for hours: 2.5x more than you'd get from a 9V USB charger! You can use rechargable batteries too." - Link. The MAKE labs were able to test out a prototype and it works great - we'll post up more data as we test out how long our gadgets can go (So far 3+ extra hours of video playback on an iPod 60GB). Related:
MintyBoost kit - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Make balloon molecules

In Art
George writes - "Forget balloon animals (my favorites are the snake and worm) and get down with some balloon molecules. There's a how to section, FAQ, forum, and a galley with Fullerene, diamond and DNA..." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

LED MEGA-Light

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Do not look at LED MEGALIGHT with remaining eye... - "This is a homemade LED flashlight with a PVC body that is easily bright enough to blind you, and uses only one special LED (a Luxeon V). The light projected is a smooth, clear white illumination with no "rings" in the projected light like those cast by normal flashlights." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Rubik's Cube Mario pop art wall hanging

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Gfixler writes - "This is my second Rubik's Cube project. I'm in my Rubik's Period right now. With the magnetic Rubik's prototype working, I wanted to do this little craft project, most likely inspired by the works of Space Invader. I've often thought of ideas that would benefit from a nice box frame, so I gave that a try, and it turned out great :) More info throughout the set." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Liberlab - Open source lab

MAKE Flickr photo pool member Francois Schnell posted up a ton of example/screenshots from "Liberlab" an open source lab project - "The Open Source project Liberlab aims to help democratize educational scientific experimentation through the creation and use of a DIY digital lab at a very low price ($20). Liberlab can also be used to learn about robotics, automation, human-machine interface or interactive arts." Project page and Flickr photo set.[Read More] [Comments]

Homemade solar powered boombox

Here's a homemade boombox made from some old speakers, solar panels, balsa wood and a MP3 player - [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Make a 3 axis CNC milling machine

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FrankG writes - "This the first of a multi-part series that documents building a 3 Axis CNC milling machine." Tons of photos and re-use in use! - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Old monitor = cat bed

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Oskay2 turned an old monitor into a cat bed, seems like the cat likes it, or it's just a clever background image - "JellyBean hangs out in Harley's converted Apple Two-Page Monochrome Monitor, which has been repurposed into a cat bed. I removed the CRT, circuit boards, and added the towel and some catnip. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Solderless robotic kit

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Jessica writes - "SheekGeek sells a robotic kit that can be built entirely using a plug and play mentality. No soldering is required! Now "Makers" too young to solder can build their very own light following robots!" - Link. Related:

• MAKE 06, robotics issue - Link.
• Tons of robotics projects - Link.

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HOW TO - Put a scrolling LED display in your computer for less than $20

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Fozz writes - "This is sort of an expansion & howto on my previous post of scroll a message on my cable box. I finally got around to building a new 8 digit display and mounting the whole thing in place of my floppy drive. The total cost for this project was less than $20. The most expensive parts were the 7 segment displays and the ICM7218 chip. I used 0.56" tall digits. It took 4 of the LED packages to get 8 characters." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

LEGO Flash drive

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Stickman has a pretty spiffy homemade LEGO flash drive - "It uses a 128MB Dick Smith electronics USB flash drive. The casing of the DSE drive was easy to remove and from there it was a matter of resizing the circuit board (it was slightly too large to fit inside a 2x4 Lego brick) by sanding down the edges. I cut out the inside of a yellow 2x4 block (had to be yellow or red!.. the traditional lego colours but decided yellow looked cooler..) and resized it by cutting off part of the bottom so that it was the size of two flat 2x4 plates stacked on top of eachother. " [via] - how to & gallery. Update: Here's another one - USB Flash Drive by Spiked Mods - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Building a Vacuumform table

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Mozzwald writes - "Found this page about how to make a Large vacuumform table for molding. I remember seeing a small version on here before and thought this would be helpful as well. The site has plenty of other how-to's on making molds for costumes." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Cheap 'n easy digital picture frame under $100

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Joedog86's Instructable on an under $100 photo frame - "I basically made this as a birthday present for my girlfriend. Looking for an awesome gift idea? This is it! Total cost was under $100, and could be substantially less if you're savvy. I know I'm not the first one to come up with the idea of a homemade digital picture frame. I'm not even the one to come up with the idea of using the particular lcd screen and digital photo viewer that I chose. But I can write a darn good how-to about it, and there's no stopping me!" - Link. Related:
Tons and tons of DIY digital photo frame projects - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Automatic cat feeder and waterer

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DIY $50 Sensor-to-USB board

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Peter writes - "The Create USB Interface (which you can build from scratch or buy premade for $50) lets you hook sensors right into USB, meaning you can use them with any software that supports the HUI standard (like games, for instance), without drivers. Also a great option for DIY art, gaming, music, and visual projects." - Link & CREATE USB Interface.[Read More] [Comments]

Light bulb aquarium

A little follow up to the light bulb project we posted, MAKE commenter Terc made a small fish bowl for a beta fish out of a g40 lightbulb. The fish (named Edison) seems to like it - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Drive a lot of LEDs from a few microcontroller pins

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Westfw writes - "Using the fact that many microcontroller pins have three states (+V, GND, or "high impedence", you can drive N*(N-1) LEDs from N pins. So the little 8 pin microcontroller like a PIC12Fxxx or an ATtiny11 can drive 20 LEDs on its five available output pins, and still have one pin left for some kind of input." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Polaroid transfers

In Art
Shawn writes - "This is the best Polaroid Transfer tutorial I've seen online-- nice photos and clearly written instructions. This is a perfect technique for spicing up your own photos or having fun with found slides. Polaroid transfers have a unique visual style that is a little ghostly, a little impressionistic, and often very moody. With a few readily-available supplies, you can make a whole bunch of transfer prints." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - (Easily) etch images in copper

Prank writes - "Make a copper etching of any image. This takes about 1 hour, including image prep, transfer, and etching, and it works really well. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Make fire using a balloon

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You can make fire from a coke can and a chocolate bar, fire from ice - and also a balloon, here's how - Thanks BF! Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Broadcast your podcast

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Broadcast your podcast shows you how to make your own FM transmitter to broadcast your own music / audio show - "BYP offers podcasters the chance to transmit their podcasts on FM. BYP units are handmade FM transmitters made by BYP following the circuit design of micro radio pioneer Tetsuo Kogawa. By connecting a BYP unit to your computer or mp3 player podcasts can be transmitted on FM to your neighbourhood." - Link & how to build your own.[Read More] [Comments]

Making balls by metal spinning

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Antonio show how to make to make terminal balls for electrostatic machines by spinning metal - "Metal spinning is a technique where a flat metal disk is pressed against a form while turning in a lathe. It is a convenient method for the making of balls and other round elements for use in high-voltage instruments." Link.[Read More] [Comments]

3D Video microscope

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Gerald writes - "Since I saw my first 3D movie, "It Came From Outer Space", in 1953 I've been interested in making my own 3D movies. I got my first 3D camera in 1954, a Bell and Howell Three Dimension Company Colorist, which I still have. I was interested in taking 3D pictures through a Stereo Microscope, but have not seen anything that could do this. The Field Sequential system of 3D movies has brought a new interest in 3D movies. Many of the films originally shown in IMAX theaters are now available in the Field Sequential 3D format. The Field Sequential method of 3D works only on TV screens that use cathode ray tubes (CRT) for the display. It utilizes the two interlaced fields used to display the picture. The TV picture is made up of 525 scanned lines. The screen is scanned twice, once for the odd numbered lines and again for the even numbered lines. These two fields can be separated and one used for the right eye and the other for the left eye of a 3D picture pair." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Music sensitive blinking LEDs for your PC

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Pastelero writes - "Listening to music on my pc (proudly using WINAMP), I was wondering how would be to have some leds blinking with the sound that came out from the P2 connector, so I decided to make a simple circuit to do that. It worked pretty fine, so I decided to write a HowTo telling step-by-step how to do it. Hope you enjoy it!" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Traditional Kayaks

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Jim writes - "I am very much enjoying Make 6. I was interested to see another column by George Dyson as well as the article on Steve Roberts. This got me thinking about the design of kayaks and baidarkas through time. George interpreted ancient designs with modern materials. Steve is taking this even further with the inclusion of an entire suite of electronics in a boat whose ancestry can be traced back to traditional kayaks. This brought to mind one of the most prolific makers I know, Harvey Golden. Harvey studies traditional kayaks from museums and sketches and recreates them. He has built a great number of boats and embodies the diy spirit..." - Link. Related:

• Off-the-Shelf Parts, Off-the-Wall Ideas by George Dyson. Looking for the dawn of the digital universe? Check in the basement, next to the lavatory. MAKE 06 - Page 190.
• Tech-Nomading From Shore to Ship by Howard Wen. Twenty-three years ago, Steven Roberts went on a bike trip and never returned. MAKE 06 - Page 28.
• A Treehouse Grows in British Columbia by George Dyson. Three years, 95 feet above the Earth. MAKE 05 - Page 190.

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HOW TO - Silkscreen posters and shirts

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Shannon writes - "Silkscreening is such a great happy medium -- nestled comfortably half-way between hand-drawn and mass production, more colourful than photocopying and with an aesthetic all its own. Artist Shannon Gerard broke out her silkscreening gear to make cool shirts and posters for her upcoming comic launch, and despite being crazy busy has shared her skills in this funny and detailed tutorial. Read on to learn how to print your own posters, shirts, or whatever you fancy printing on, and how the Virgin Mary and Spiderman join forces to help her out." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

DIY Powdercoat gun, Version 2

Bf5man writes - "The powder coating gun made with PVC parts by Zapwizard (and blogged last month) has been improved. It now uses a compressor and brass fittings." - Link. Previous:
DIY Powdercoating gun - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Make a RunnerDuck Gizzie (Sun Tracker)

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Here's how to make a device to record the path of the sun by burning a track onto a piece of paper - Thanks Bf5man! Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Hollow out a light bulb

In Art

John writes - "I have a tutorial on how you can re-purpose a burned out light bulb. The uses are endless, art projects, science experiments, fish bowls for tiny fish, a place to start small plants." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Make photo blocks

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Amit sent in this video tutorial on making your own photo blocks, you'll need - "One Photograph printed at 4x6 or larger. Something to measure and cut your photo with. Four 2"x3" Linoleum Blocks (More if you're using a larger photograph). Acid-free Rubber Cement. And, for extra credit, One Foam Brush and painter's Gel Medium (Gloss, because it dries clear)." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

Make a night-vision webcam

Leevonk writes - "Here's how to change your webcam so it can see in the dark. The CCDs of all digital cameras are responsive to infrared light (IR) as well as visible light. However, most webcams come with a filter installed to block out IR light. This makes the image less washed out but it keeps you from being able to see in the dark (using IR illumination)." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

nPod - Portable NES

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Ben has a new console meets handheld creation - the nPod. The nPod is a NES with 3.5" screen, runs on 4 AA's and uses the original NES cartridges, here's his "how it's made" page - [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]

HOW TO - Add remote control functionality to your alarm clock

Ryan writes "Here's a microcontroller hijack for a commodity el-cheapo alarm clock that adds IR remote functionality, making it easy to set the alarm time, from far away, and with fewer keystrokes." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]