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Amazon.com - Industrial & Scientific
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This is the best news ever, Amazon now has a industrial & scientifc (beta) section - They have metals, plastic, mechanical components, fasteners, wire, springs and of course tools. I'm going to see if I can make a complete project with just is available on the new section and save the list of parts/tools as a "wish list" or something shareable. Then anyone could read the how-to and hit buy it now. Also, it might be fun to make a SketchUp library with all the parts/materials from Amazon Industrial & Scientific and have an easy way for folk to get all the things they need for a project. Amazon gift certificates just got a lot more valuable, hopefully Digikey will do gift certificates soon too, or just sell through Amazon... [via] Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Custom skateboard decks, plans and tools
Ted writes "Anyone into making longboards or street decks by hand should know about Roarockit. They have deckmaking videos in a How-To Video area that take the mystery out of making a deck from scratch. Along with this they have hard to find supplies like maple veneers specifically cut for making skateboards." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a marble shooting airgun
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Dan shows you how to make a pneumatically powered, marble shooting airgun, it's breech loading and wadless - built almost entirely from parts from Home Depot. - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a rubber band helicopter
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Here's how to make a rubber band helicopter similar to toy that inspired the Wright brothers to build a plane - "It doesn't have a bearing and is therefore very simple to make, however you must have a long bit of split bamboo which must be thin and flexible enough to bend into a loop. Some window blinds are made of suitable material, some are made of bamboo which has been extruded into a round section, this isn't really sufficiently flexible." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - IR remote control your computer
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Will shows you how to build an IR remote control interface for your PC, works with WinLirc and/or LIRC - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Cup Draw
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Here's a low tech drawing cup project, might be fun to make a few dozens of these and let them loose - "Diane once taught a class in which a young student came up with the idea of attaching pens and a motor to a cup. Diane liked how the pens work as "legs" for the machine, making a drawing that records how it moves." - Thanks Bf5man! Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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- Posted on: Tue, May 16 2006 7:14 PM
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HOW TO - Make a low cost indoor pond
Drum303 writes - "I built this pond for my living room in two days. The total cost was less than $200, using common tools and other items available at your local hardware store or home and garden center." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Build a magstripe reader from scratch
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Tim has a how to on making a portable magstripe reader - "You will need a magnetic head which are very common I recommend a magnetic head from an old tape deck. It is important to be careful not to damage the head when removing it. The magnetic heads are usually secured with two screws. (Note: Do not discard the screws we will need them latter for mounting the head) You will also need a 3.5 mm mono phone plug (with a 2-conductor wire) you can easily find one of these on an old monaural earphone or in an electronics store. You will also need a soldering iron and some solder." - Link. Related:
Magnetic Stripe Reader. Have you ever wondered what information is stored on the magnetic-striped cards in your wallet? Now you can find out. This project shows you how to make a magstripe reader for less than $40. MAKE 01 - Page 106.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Turn an Indy into a dedicated webcam
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Mark writes "This old SGI Indy with the marvelous Indycam is laying around my place for ages already. But, in a week where SGI themselves seeks Chapter 11 protection I thought it would be a good idea to get the dust of the Indy and make it into a dedicated little webcamserver, headless, no keyboard attached, just a power button to power it on and off and when it's running it'll upload the images automagically to your webserver using sftp." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a Servo pod
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Andreq has a great Instructable servo project - "Have you ever dreamed to have an orbitcam or any other Pan/Tilt webcam control? Here it is! With this made from scratch Servo Pod, you can now control your webcam (or wifi antenna ?) by the palm of your hand or even remotly with a web server." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Anatomy of a Maker Table
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Simplified Building Concepts shows how to make the Maker tables from Maker Faire - "Click on the notes (Flickr page) to see the parts required to make a Maker Table. You can get the fitting you need to make this table online at: www.simplifiedbuilding.com" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a doorknob touch alarm
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A MAKE reader sent in this handy doorknob alarm project - "A excellent analysis of a DIY circuit that buzzes when someone touches your doorknob. A lot better than a sock and it could be extended to ring your doorbell or worked into a home automation system." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Put your R/C car under computer control
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Prank's Instructable on how to take any R/C car and control it with your computer - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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MIDAS: Homemade Dorm Room Home Automation System
In DIY ProjectsBarbara writes - "A couple of freshman roomates at MIT set up a full-fledged dorm room automation system, complete with voice activation, web control, touch screen controllers, a security system, fingerprint scanner, automatic blinds, screens with news feeds, etc, all actuated by a central "MIDAS" controller which they built and wrote the code for. Pretty cool stuff. Probably the best part of the system is the "party mode" which will turn the entire room into an instant rave with the touch of a big red emergency stop button." Tons of videos and how they made it on the site - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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- Posted on: Thu, May 11 2006 12:34 PM
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HOW TO - Make Homemade Biospheres
Robin has some tips and suggestions for making your own "Biosphere" - "Biologists call the Earth's environment and all organisms the Earth's biosphere. But biosphere is also the name of a man-made and sealed environment, which simulates the earth's biosphere. This could for example be in a bottle, or a greenhouse. Another (maybe more correct) name for such an artificial biosphere is ecosphere, or closed ecosystem." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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- Posted on: Wed, May 10 2006 11:18 PM
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HOW TO - Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender
Mike Outmesguine's Solar-powered Wi-Fi extender in the latest issue of Popular Science - "The promise of Wi-Fi is freedom--the ability to bring your laptop or PDA away from the anchor that is your desk and into your life. With most wireless routers, however, your life had better stop at around 300 feet, and forget about heading outside. Between the noise generated by other local wireless devices and physical obstacles like furniture and walls, chances are your Wi-Fi signal is little more than a whisper by the time it hits your backyard. So I built a box that can pick up that signal and boost it another 200 to 300 feet." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Mini Gaussian gun (video)
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Here's a video of a mini Gaussian gun in action - [via] - Link. We show you how to build your own in MAKE 01 - Gauss Rifle. A linear accelerator for studying high-energy physics costs around $5 billion. But you can make one for about 30 bucks with four strong magnets, a wooden ruler, some plastic tape, and nine steel balls. MAKE 01 - Page 112.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Convert a photo to a single layered stencil
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Stencil revolution shows you how to make a stencil from a color photo, using Photoshop GiMP/GiMPShop will work as well - [via] Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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LEGO Wall Follower
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Philo made a great wall following LEGO bot, he writes - "As a direct application to my GP2D12 distance sensor, I built this wall follower. Its base is the Constructopedia RoverBot, I only added a turret bearing the sensor. The trick here is to direct sensor beam 45° away to also detect walls in front of vehicle. A simple program that maintains constant distance between wall and sensor creates a wall-following behaviour." [via] - instructions and source on the site - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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- Posted on: Tue, May 9 2006 10:31 PM
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HOW TO - Make plastic 3D models from CAD designs using an automated "milling machine"
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Leevonk has an Instructable on making your own fablab of sorts -
A good way to make 3D plastic models easily.. You'll need:
- an EGX-300 engraver machine (we will use it for milling). I saw it on ebay for $2000 at some point. If you buy from Roland, costs $5000 unless you're using it for educational purposes (then it's cheaper)
- a 3D CAD program that can make .3dm files (I use Rhino 3D)
- VisualMill software program
- a computer with a serial or parallel port (to send instructions to the EGX-300)
- a vacum cleaner
- milling bits (and drill bits if you need to drill holes too)
- delrin plastic
- a hacksaw to slightly modify a piece of the EGX-300
- mechanical timer
- glue gun
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Ornithopter - The Electric Bat
Graham writes - "The project began after considering building a really small machine much like Matt Keennon's Microbat and deciding a better bet might be to use an existing rubber design as a basis for a larger model to start with. It seems great minds think a like as you will see in this thread here. After seeing that I sat down at the PC, made some design decisions and drew a few parts in Rhino to be cut out on my little CNC. " Thanks Ben! - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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DIY LED Spinning globe
Nick writes - "Here are brief details of a project I completed using a PIC 16F73 Micro-controller. I'd seen persistence of vision clocks, like these from Bob Blick and Daryl Bender, on the Internet and wanted to take things a step further. I wanted to make a display which displayed a clock and a spinning map of the World." - [via] Link. Related:
LED LED LEDs! - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Homemade RFID reader
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Doug writes - "For our final project, we designed and built (and exhaustively tested) an RFID-based proximity security system for use with Cornell Identification cards, which have been RFID-embedded since fall of 2003. The idea for this project was sort of spawned from our general interest in RFID technologies and the near-simultaneous occurance of Lab 2 (Keypad Security System) and the antiquated lock system at our fraternity house breaking." - Link. Related:
Tons of RFID projects, articles and more - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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- Posted on: Mon, May 8 2006 11:01 PM
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XBOX Controller Controller
Tony has a great Xbox controller controller project! - "What is this? It's a system that will allow basically anything that can talk udp to control an Xbox. Why would you want to do this? I have no idea. I have my reasons, maybe you have some too. How this works: The XBOX buttons are physically pressed by arms (stiff wire) attached to servos that are controlled by a Basic Stamp 2. The BS2 is controlled by a gumstix over a serial port. The gumstix talks udp and accepts commands. So if you want to control an xbox, you basically have to talk a simple udp protocol to the gumstix. " [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Shadow oil lamp... To MAKE LED shadow lamp...
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These acid-etched, stainless steel, oil lamp shadow projectors look pretty neat, you light them and they cast a shadow from a cut shape - I'm thinking of remaking these using the 9V LED battery project and cutting some metal, not sure what the shape(s) will be and what will be the best/cheaperst way to do it yet, but we'll see what happens! - [via] - Link. Resources:
- Make 3D parts...Big Blue Saw - Link.
- Make a PAC LITE only smaller - Link.
- HOW TO - Make a TicTac flashlight - Link.
- DIY LED Flashlight - Link.
- HOW TO - Make a windup flashlight - Link.
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Eric Peltzer's Electric Bicycle
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Eric writes - "I have added an electric power assist onto a GT mountain bike. It is much more powerful than typical electric bikes. The basic motivation for this was to have a fun and efficient and environmentally friendly way to stay out my car for short trips around town, and also as a silent trail bike for exploring the hills. It can still be pedaled. When I first put this together it was even more of a blast to ride than I had envisioned. I have seen 70 year old people get on this bike and laugh like little kids - it's like a magic hand is silently boosting you along. This website will describe the background of this little electric vehicle, some reflections on the electric and hybrid vehicle scene, and most of the details of motor and batteries should you be interested in making one yourself." [via] - Link. Related:
This solar bicycle made the rounds on the web recently, the consensus seems to be it's more photoshopy than solar bikey, neat idea though - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Hacking a USB Keyboard (Make a typewriter keyboard)
Randofo writes - "How to hack a USB keyboard or any keyboard for that matter. Send inputs into the computer without a pesky microcontroller. Once you have a hacked keyboard you can use it for a number of functions and attach a number of different types of switches. You can build your own typewriter keyboard (video here)... You can use a photocell as a switch. You can hook it up to a capacitance sensor and use just about anything to trigger an event in a Flash movie. You can hook it up to some floor switches and develop your own DDR game." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Hammock made with Sketchup...
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MonkeyHumper writes - "My wife wanted a hammock for the backyard, and Sketchup came to the rescue. I found the easiest way to build in Sketchup is to build a bunch of standard lumber sizes and use them over and over again. I can't wait to make it... " - Link. Check out other projects that are made (or will be made) with Sketchup here - Link. Since Sketchup went free, we're seeing a lot of new projects being posted - eventually you might be able to send off your files to a fabricator, lumber yard or whatever supplier - the stuff shows up, you make it! How cool will that be! Maker-aware suppliers could have all their parts/tools/things available as Sketchup components so we can use them to build our projects (and eventually order). Related:
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DIY PC IrDA interface
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Here's a cheap DIY IrDA interface using used parts, you can use this to communicate with cell phones and other IR devices from your PC - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Microcontroller design projects
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Bruce writes - "Students were given the responsibility of choosing a microcontroller project, then designing and building it. This year's projects include an RFID reader, swing robots, an autonomous helicopter, and an 8-channel music controlled fountain." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Adriondack chair electric vehicle
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Jeff writes - "Here's my first stab at an electric powered vehicle - A plastic Adriondack chair from Target, with headlights, keyed ignition, speed control in the pistol grips, foot pedal steering, under armrest neon lighting etc. Cruises the neighborhood at about 12mph. Surprisingly comfortable with aircraft (rudder) like steering footpegs."[Read More] [Comments]
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Hacking wired remote control jacks into A/V equipment
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John writes - "Here's how to add a wired remote control (like Pioneer SR) jacks to VCRs and DVD players that don't have any." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make Tarp tents
You know those big blue tarps? Here's how to make tents out of them - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Making hobbyist PCBs with professional CAD tools
Westfw has a great Instructable on making printed circuit boards using EAGLE - "It's nice that there are some professional circuit board tools available to the hobbyists. Here are some tips for using them ito design boards that don't need a professional fabricator to actually MAKE them..." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a rubber ducky USB flash drive
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Rachel sells these little USB mods and she alsos show you how to make your own - "It's really easy to make these fun and friendly rubber ducky flash drives or any other rubber character. I picked up these cute little guys at the 99 cents only store in LA. If you live in the LA area, you might be able to find some there if you're just dying for one just like mine! Otherwise, you can buy one ready-made from the store." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HandySwipe portable magnetic card reader
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Here's a good portable mag card reader - "The HandySwipe provides a portable magnetic card reader interface and display. It collects card data from a "Type 2″ card reader (shown here), and displays the data on a small character LCD screen. Type 2 stripes are by far the most common in use, such as on credit cards and drivers' licenses. The device can store up to 50 cards, runs on four AA's, and has a serial connection to download its memory to your computer in CSV format. It can also download data in a raw bistream format compatable with StripeSnoop, so you can take advantage of StripeSnoop's powerful parsing and analysis features (LRC error checking, backwards swipes, card type/contents/issuers/etc.)" [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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LED Throwie Talkie
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PCunning writes "During the 2006 Maker Fair the Graffiti Research Lab was demoing their LED Throwies and Pat & Ward Cunningham were demonstrating Cybords. While talking someone made a comment about wanting to give the Throwies a voice. Ward & Pat took a simple ATtiny45 chip and added it to the mix to give the LED a voice." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a camera attachment to take 3D Anaglyph Photos!
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Gibbon writes "This device lets you take 3D anaglyph photos and movies with an ordinary camera. The parts cost about $30. It's pretty simple to build and you don't need any special softare or camera equipment. Please let me know if you have any improvements on this design." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make Polaroid X-ray Radiographs
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Rob writes in with how to make radiographs on Polaroid film - "The neat discovery is not that you can buy x-ray machines off eBay. The neat discovery is that you can use Polaroid film to image x-rays!" That pretty much says it all. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Create a personalized CD/DVD cover
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A Make reader writes in with a Flickr based CD/DVD cover maker - "Use your digital photographs to make a personalized CD or DVD cover and a lot more. Just choose a photo, add some text (like a playlist or a note or a dedication), and follow the simple printing and folding instructions. Amaze your friends with your digital-photo-crafting-kung-fu!" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a telephone FM transmitter
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LeorickSimon writes - "This project is taken from www.electronics-lab.com. With some modification, I create my own version of FM Telephone bug complete with stripboard layout. Theortically, the frequency range is from 88MHz to 94MHz but you may experiment with the coil structure to tune it." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Retro Handsets for your cellphone
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Sam writes - "As promised to all of you we ran into at the Maker Faire, here are instructions on making your own retro handsets for your cellphone. I apologize for the delay in posting - but one of you friendly Makers out in San Francisco was kind enough to share the black plague with me and I have been on the edge of death this week. I will cover bluetooth in this article, and will post about wired handsets a little later." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOWTO - Build Your Own RC Helicopter
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Silas writes, "This guy made his own electric powered RC helicopter. Lots of info, pics, and videos!!" Link.
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HOW TO - Build a tornado machine
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Bucky writes - "This site has extremely detailed instructions for building your very own tornado machine. I just finished building mine, and can attest that the machine indeed works" - HOW TO & photo - Link[Read More] [Comments]
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Credit card guitar picks
Adamrocks writes - "Here is something cool to do with old credit cards or fake ones you get in the mail." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Grow your own LED Bonsai tree
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Will writes - "I noticed your post about making a LED Tree, and thought you should see this site. He made a little potted plant with 1152 LED's in the form of flowers, with the wires twisted together to make it look like a bonsai tree. It's really beautiful, and totally absurd at the same time." - Link. Previous:
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Make a LED Tree
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Puffin_juice writes - "Do you have some spare LED's lying around? Do you have some spare time and are you looking for something to do? Why not make an LED TREE. Its fun as long as you follow the steps and use a clean Soldering iron. The result is an amazing piece of art that you can look at for hours." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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LED scrolling marquee sign
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LED555 writes - "The project is an LED sign. The LED sign is a sign made up of 512 individual LEDs, which has RS-232 communication capabilities used for programming user defined messages. The brain is a PICmicro 16F786 microcontroller, programmed in PICBasic. Everything in this project is either hand made or special order made. The only stock parts are the electronic components. The 512 LED module is hand made out of individual LEDs." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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$20 Fisheye digital imaging
HG writes - "The concept of a low-cost fisheye digital camera is very appealing. Unfortunately, fisheye lenses still carry the price premiums associated with limited market ``specialty'' item status. This paper describes how a commodity door peephole can be used as a fisheye converter lens, thus bringing the total parts cost of a serviceable digital camera with a fisheye lens to under $20 US." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Make a 9v LED lamp
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Chris writes - "P.O. got so excited by all the responses from the TicTac flashlight project that he sent us another of his creations. This time it's a LED lamp created from the scraps of an old 9v battery and three LED's. No need to use a resistor here as he's used three 3.5v LED's which adds up to a required voltage of 10.5v... which the battery can't supply. The benefit of this is that you don't have any losses in a resistor and the battery will end up lasting longer - but the LED's will not operate on 100%. Take it or leave it, this is a great project that involves few components and has a compact and robust design." - Link. Previous:
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Bird house cam
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Drew writes - "A father and son at the middle school I teach at sent me this email: "I'm sure you will love this! My son & I built a birdhouse recently and installed a webcam inside it. In the last few days, we have had the absolutely thrilling experience of watching a couple of "Tufted Titmouse" start building a nest in the birdhouse It is just so cool and so exciting! I think you will like it - both audio and video are included on the website. " [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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DIY cell phone tracking
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Our pals at Popular Science have a write up of a low cost way to do your own cell phone tracking - "...Jen, is tracking me. Using a $100 kit from Mologogo (with a $6-a-month data plan), I've turned a prepaid cellphone into a GPS tracking device. Every few minutes, the phone transmits my location within 100 meters to mologogo.com, which posts it to a Google map that Jen can access from any computer. She can view my most recent spot or my past 100 recorded locations as little pushpins stamped with date and time." - Link. Related:
DIY GPS tracking with Mologogo - review - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Ferrofluid synthesis
Ken writes - "Saw your post on the blog about making ferrofluid. If you want to use the stuff with kids, here's a safer (cleaner too, no oil) version as well as some background information." - Link. The videos are great. Previous:
Make your own Ferrofluid - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Magnetic acrylic Rubik's cube
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Gfixler writes - "27 3/4" clear acrylic cubes are drilled with 108 3/16" holes, fitted with 108 D32 neodymium disc magnets with proper polarities facing out from each, and assembled into a size-matched magnetic version of the original Rubik's Cube." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Rob writes - "Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter eggs) are really fun to make. You need a special tool, the kistka, which you can get from Ukrainian stores, but you could probably make your own relatively easily- maybe a bit of brass shim stock rolled into a little funnel, and attached to a stick. The moment when you wipe off the layers of wax and dye and reveal the egg after hours of work is usually a thrill, unless you messed up...If you don't want to do the traditional designs, I'm thinking schematics or hot-rod pinstripe designs would work well too. " - Link. Pictured here, Roy's Pysanky gallery - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Make your own Ferrofluid
Colin sent in this how-to on making your own Ferrofluid - "Ferrofluids are a stable (meaning inseparable) suspension of nanometer sized solid magnetic particles in a carrier fluid. The particles are coated with a surfactant; a chemical which prevents the particles from clumping together and forming a solid mass. The most common type of ferrofluid, presented here, is an oil based fluid consisting of magnetite as the magnetic solid, and oleic acid as the surfactant. The final component is a carrier fluid, which suspends the particles; in this experiment the carrier will be kerosene.
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Sci-Spot (lots of goodness) - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Learning to build (with straw) and power (with solar) a home by DVD
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Katherine Salant / Washington Post on building a "green home" with a new DVD series - "If you will sit for several hours to read a book about home building, will you sit for several hours to watch a book-length DVD on the subject? After watching "Building With Awareness" and "Green Building," two recent DVDs, I would say yes. I predict that DVDs will make an important contribution to the education of both home builders and homeowners because so many aspects of building can be confusing when reduced to words but straightforward when you can see them." Thanks Tim! - Link. Related:
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Chris Lomont's LED cube
Chris writes - "The 3D LED Cube was a project started by Gene Foulk and I to create a large, animated, self contained visualization cube of LEDs, mostly for artistic purposes, but it also would have other uses." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Build your own DVR
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Adam's DIY DVR guide on LifeHacker - "With all the potential controversy and uncertainty surrounding TiVo firmware upgrades, the time to build your own DVR has never been better. With your own DVR, you can get all the benefits of a TiVo and more without the recurring cost for subscription. This week, I'm going to show you how simple it is to turn your computer into a DVR. After that, I’ll show you a few ways that I use my DVR to take it beyond TiVo." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make a motion detector for your computer
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Josh writes - "Motion detectors typically have 4 wire connections. 2 for DC power and 2 for telling you if the circuit is open or closed. Most motion detectors will be a normally open circuit. But check it out with a multimeter. Now you can plug in your mouse to your computer and when someone triggers your motion detector you get a mouse click. What can you do with that you might ask? Well I'm using it for a multimedia installation where I trigger some sounds and projections when people get close enough. After I made this I found some other stuff on the web that shows a similar idea but using a keyboard connector. If you need lots of inputs thats the way to go." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Make a LED lamp from a bottle
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Alan shows you how to make a LED lamp from ..."the beautiful blue glass bottle that the Bawls soft drink comes in. I tried one the other day and thought the glass bottle could be used for something interesting. At first I was just going to stick an LED into it, but I wanted something a bit more interesting. So I threw together a quick and dirty circuit that uses a photo-cell to turn on a transistor which powers an LED. The parts should cost only 2 or 3 dollars, and are available almost anywhere." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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DIY PC Virtual impact suit
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Spook8000 writes - "The PC Virtual Impact Suit takes in-game bullet hit events into real life physical impacts on player's body. It currently supports the popular Half-Life 3D first-person-shooter game, and connects to the PC via a USB port. " - Link. No idea if anyone built this, but an impact vest looks like a lot of fun... It sort of reminds of a project from a long time ago (over 5 years ago, yikes!)... A Pocket PC, WiFi card, Macromedia Flash (there wasn't Web 2.0 back then) and a modded "rumble" vest to let people play "real" Operation from a web site - they pull out little parts and I'd get zorked - here's the set up...
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HOW TO - Make a windup flashlight
Christopher writes - "Handcrank rechargable flashlights are a great idea (not my idea - just a great idea). LED's comsume very little power compared to traditional blubs and last a lot longer. Throw in the need to never change the batteries and it makes a simple yet elegant solution to the age old problem of the absence of light." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Hanging laptop digital painting
Timatron has a pretty nice LCD photo frame project made from an old Powerbook, he writes - "Take your old laptop, matte it, frame it, and convert it into a hanging framed digital lcd screen to do with as you like." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Install a wireless card in your Xbox
BrutalByte writes - "In this tutorial, I will show you how to install a wireless game adapter into your XBOX internally so that you can have a wireless connection, where available, without the extra hardware." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Manufacture your own PCBs
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Refik writes - "This is a little description and a how to make your own professional PCB (printed circuit boards) cheaply. It will help the newbie to get started and a professional to make his own embedded devices. The costs of this PCB were 20$, what's cheap for a pro PCB." - Link. Related:
Eagle Output Tutorial - Link.
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Printed Circuit Boards. Step-by-step instructions for making your own PCBs at home. MAKE 02 - Page 164. [Read More] [Comments]
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DIY Electronic drums
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LOGIZTIX's instructions for building your own electronic drums - "Building your own electronic drum pads may seem like a difficult task. The concepts behind electronic triggering are actually quite simple. A piezo acts much like a microphone. It picks up shock waves and passes them to your drum module to interpret. The trick is getting the most accurate representation of your sticking action to the module without sacrificing the feel of a real drum. This design accomplishes both goals." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Make your Astrocam CCD for under $100
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Ulrich writes - "Unfortunately, even entry-level CCD cameras that are actually built for astro imaging are beyond the reach of many amateurs. I faced the same problem. A QuickCam, however, costs approximately $70 if bought in a store, much less if you are buying a used camera at a flea market or through online auction sites like eBay." Here's how to make your own Astrocam for under $100 [via] - Link. Related:
Webcam Telescope. Video from still camera zoom. Forget jerky teleconferences; put a real lens on a 90s era webcam and you've got something. MAKE 02 - Page 133.[Read More] [Comments]
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DIY Magnetic card reader
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Cheap DIY credit card reader project - "The reader mechanism shown was purchased from All Electronics for $1.50. The unit provides the magnetic head on a spring mechanism along with low level head signal amplifiers and data slicers. Three signal lines comming from the unit provide card presence, clock, and data. " [via] - Link. Related:
Magnetic Stripe Reader. Have you ever wondered what information is stored on the magnetic-striped cards in your wallet? Now you can find out. This project shows you how to make a magstripe reader for less than $40. Subscribers, log in and read it now, MAKE 01 - Page 106.[Read More] [Comments]
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MiniPOV Kit: Build your own persistance of vision toy!
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Here's a little Maker Faire preview - "This workshop is a great introduction to microcontroller electronics. In this workshop, you will learn to solder and a little bit about microcontrollers when you build a MiniPOV kit. This kit is a simple "persistance of vision" toy, similar in theory to the "fanatzien clocks" you've probably seen. When waved through the air, 8 red LEDs spell out a message! The kit comes preprogrammed with the messave "I *heart* Make!" but we will also show you how you can customize the message at home with only a PC and some free software. No soldering or electronics experience necessary." - Link. Related: POV kits - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Circuit-Bent Big Mouth Billy Bass
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Dosser writes - "Remember those fake fish mounted on a plaque that flopped about and sang "Take Me To The River" and "Don't Worry, Be Happy"? Well, here's your chance for revenge." - Link. Related:
Circuit Bending. Modify a Casio keyboard (or other electronic audio stuff) and start playing some of the strangest sounds you've ever heard. MAKE 04 - Page 88.[Read More] [Comments]
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Make your own airplane for $7,000
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Looks like you can build your own plane for around $7k, the plans on the site are $24 - "The Affordaplane offers many things other ultralights do not. The fuselage is unique in the industry, utilizing square tubing, the same as gyrocopters have used for thousands of trouble free hours in the air. The Affordaplane is built like a big bolt together model airplane, which makes it very easy to get great results with the finished product. There is no welding required, and there are no special skills or jigs needed to build her." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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The DIY digital photo frame
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Our pal Mike over on Popular Science has a good photo frame project, he writes - "Turn an old laptop into a digital frame that automatically displays new shots from your Flickr account—then give it to your mother..." - Link. Related:
Tons and tons of LCD photo frame projects - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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I can fix anything - the movie
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The Last Guy Film Festival - has a Maker-like film from the Neistat brothers called - "I can fix anything" - it's a short film about turning a broken DVD player into a book-based DVD player with an old Sony TV. Thanks Johnny Good! - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Intergalactic Christopher Walken illusion
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Vurdlak on the Mighty Optical Illusion blog writes - "This ubercool Illusion of Christopher Walken flying through space is our newest submission. Beleive it or not, this magical "animated" illusion is a composition of only four frames. The second two are just color-inverted originals (with small modification in shiftment from the original). It gives you opinnion Chris is drifting through galaxy, while in fact he's just leaning milimeter back and fourth for our photo-session" - Link. Looks pretty easy to make your own, but it's hard to top an intergalactic Walken. Note: Vurdlak sent in an updated (and correct description).[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Theater or studio acoustic treatments
Will O'Brien shows you how to make your own DIY sound dampeners - "Have you been yelled at for watching your latest Superbit DVD "too loud" by your mom / dad / child / spouse / neighbor? Tired of having the Tiki-bar TV guys next door in the background of your podcast recording session? In today's how-to we cover tricks to improve your room acoustics for better listening or recording pleasure." - Link. The comments have a lot of good suggestions too.[Read More] [Comments]
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LED Beginner project
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Will writes - "Beginner LED project using two green LEDs in series. Written and documented by a beginner for others who are interested in entering into the field of LEDs." - Link. Related:
Ooodles of LED projects on MAKE - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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The Leaf Project - open source AI robot
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Alan writes - "The Leaf is an interesting artificial intelligence and vision robotic system. It is open source, software and construction details are available on the Leaf Project Web site." - [via] - The Leaf project - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Video lighting on the cheap
Technical Video Rental has some tips on cheap video lighting for the how to series they're making - "The most important part of a good how-to video is the content, but even if the content is great the video quality can make a big difference in how useful that content is to the viewer. An important part of getting good video quality is the lighting. It’s possible to spend hundreds of dollars on good lighting gear, but we’re going to experiment with some cheap halogen shop lights from Home Depot..." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Ruel's DIY Electronics
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Ruel sent in this massive project page with tons of DIY electronics for music. Projects include: Preamps, compressors, mixers, op-amps, MIDI and more! - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Grow your own lawn chair
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Seems like a fun project to make on your own, a chair made out of lawn - "The Grass armchair is self assembled, each pack contains 14 corrugated cardboard frames and 100g pack of grass seeds. You will need about 240 litres of soil, to fill in the frame. First find the right spot, because once the armchair has grown you won't be able to move it!! You can put up to 20cm of gravel with in the frame then the soil. Spread the seeds evenly using only 4/5 of the bag of seeds. Press them in and water slightly so that the soil is humid. Water the armchair everyday." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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DIY Ultrasonic sonar with LEGOs
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Bert writes - "The Devantech SFR04 Ultrasonic Range Finder indicates the distance to the closest object within range. Echo's that arrive later are received and processed, but subsequently ignored. For a true radar all signals should be taken into account. So, time to heat up the old soldering iron and make some modifications to the Devantech SFR04 circuit board." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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DIY 3D Mouse
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Neil writes - "Here is an inexpensive way to create a three dimensional pointing device. Take a working mechanical wheel mouse (the type with a scrolling wheel). Remove the ball. Drill some holes in the sides and run a string into the mouse, around the horizontal roller, and out the other side. Reroute the sensors for the vertical roller and the scroll wheel to a pair of external sensors. " [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Steady-ORB $425 - or make one like it for $14
A few Makers send in "The Steady Orb" a $425 adjustable camera stabilizer [via] - Link. Seems nice, the Makers also reminded us that you can also make your own (pictured here) for $14. $14 Video Camera Stabilizer by Johnny Lee. You don't have $10,000 to spend on a Steadicam? Make this ultra-low-cost video camera stabilizer and see how much better your video shots turn out. MAKE 01 - Page 84. Related: Other camera stabilizer projects - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Homemade lawn mowing robot
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Alain writes - "One more Bot to mow your lawn, YES, but this one is built from junk, I mean Sydney Junk ..." - Link (French) & translated.[Read More] [Comments]
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LED Dining table
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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Oskay2 writes - "Dining table with a frosted glass top lit by 448 LEDs that respond, in a complex and gentle fashion, to input generated by motion above the table while we eat. This will be demonstrated at the MakerFaire in April 2006." - Link. Related: So many LED projects, so little time - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Turn an Amiga 500 into a lamp
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MAKE pal Mark shows how to turn an Amiga 500 into a lamp, it's gorgeous! - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make your own go kart
Dan writes - "This is a pointer to a web site which shows a number of different design ideas. Use these as a starting place and come up with your own creative design. What you build will depend on what materials you have available to you." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Neon signs, made from LEDs
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LEDs to replace NEON? I want to tinker with these no matter what - "The ideal lighting solution for any architectural, decorative or signage application. LED-FLEX incorporates light emitting diode (LED) technology in a flexible, durable tube that uses a proprietary maximization technique to achieve the appearance and brightness of traditional neon. Completely sealed and impervious to shock and vibration. LED-FLEX can be used indoors or out, in wet and extreme conditions. Best yet, LED-FLEX is up to 70% more efficient than neon, provides long years of continuous use, yet is cool enough for contact with people and delicate materials." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - geoTag images (assign latitude and longitude) to Flickr!
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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Scalleja writes - "If you want to have the next feature in your photos "Click here to see where this photo was taken" just follow the following steps: 1.- Go to BeeLoop's Lat/Lon to Flickr's geoTags page. 2.- Move the map to the desired location and copy the geotagged text like "Click here to see where this photo was taken." in your picture's tags!" [via] - Link. Related:
HOW TO GPS Tag Photos: Flickr, Mappr, Google Earth.... Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Electroplating art
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Popular Science's How 2.0 shows you how to make art with a $30 electroplating pen - "You may not want to rechrome a '57 Chevy, but you can coat small objects using kits designed for plating jewelry. This $30 plating pen (pmcsupply.com) uses electricity the same as the bumper factory does, just with a couple AA batteries instead of a car-size transformer." - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Tiny Helicopters
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I love the You Built What?! articles in Popular Science - "A Norwegian engineer reinvented the way helicopters keep themselves stable. The result: create a radio-controlled craft that can take off from the palm of your hand" - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Light up animated Pac-Man bicycle wheels
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Ladyada writes about her Pac-Man wheels - "The technology here is "persistence of vision"...when LEDs move fast enough they can "draw" an image when the wheel spins. That's the basis behind both the MiniPOV and SpokePOV toys that I designed last year. I rode this design around last burningman, obviously ive adjusted the image so they're "upside down" here for better photographing! If you'd like to build your own, check out the full instructions on Instructables - Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Building a MAME (Retro arcade game cabinet)
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MAKE Flickr photo pool member aTanguay writes - "This is the log of the construction of my 'MAME' Arcade cabinet in the late summer of 2005. Another in a long line of hair brained schemes and brutal wastes of time and resources. The main box came together very quickly, then all the little details ate up lots and lots of time. In the end...very worth it." Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Make PCB's with a laser printer
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Here's how to make printed circuit boards with a laser printer Link. See previous PCB how-tos. Also, check out our extremely thorough "Primer" in MAKE Volume 02. Subscribers can log in and read it now.[Read More] [Comments]
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Bookcase made from a ladder
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This is a great idea, take an old ladder and make it a bookcase. I've seen a lot of weird and funky ladders at garage sales, so this might be a good way to shelve some of the books that are piling up. [via DIYHappy with a suggestion on storing MAKEs!] Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Homebrew microcontroller based hard drive LED bar graph
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CandyAddict writes - "This is a PIC microcontroller project which turns the computer’s hard drive LED into a more interesting 10 LED bargraph display." Link.
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HOW TO - Convert youTube videos for iPods
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Lifehacker has a quick how-to on converting videos from YouTube.com to an iPod friendly format "YouTube displays its videos embedded in a Flash player with no way to download them to your hard drive. Luckily, videoblogger Josh Kinberg provides a Greasemonkey script that helps you do just that. Once the script is enabled, click on the "Save as to download Flash video" at the top of any YouTube video page..." Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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Homemade lathe...from a lawnmower
RoryLondon in the MAKE forums writes - "My Uncle (aged 80) is a compulsive maker, he has made a Lathe from a lawn mower which might interest people." Link.[Read More] [Comments]
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HOW TO - Roomba Bluetooth Interface
If you liked the serial port cable/board Roomba how to, you'll really like this one - controlling a Roomba via Bluetooth! Roomba's have a serial port that let you entirely control them. Adding a Bluetooth serial adapter to wirelessly control the Roomba isn't that hard to do. It looks just like a serial port to the OS, so the software from the previous how to works with it too.
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HOW TO - LCD Window kit case mod
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Jared writes - "Nowadays its nearly impossible to get a case with out a window kit, and the prestige has long since died. Well with this project I will attempt to bring back some of the glory of the good ole days with a new window kit that has much more flexibility and power than we could have ever dreamed back then." [via] Link. [Read More] [Comments]
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Make your own IMbot (like MAKEbot!)
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Don on the Wired blogs has a bit about free DIY bot creation "Microsoft and Conversagent are giving away free licenses for their BuddyScript SDK for MSN Messenger. Now developers can build their own IM bots for MSN Messenger at no charge. The free license period lasts "at least six months," but the company will extend the licenses beyond the initial six month term for developers who create a groundbreaking bot." [via] Link. The MAKEbot, is an AIM bot and can be found here. 2006, year of the bots. - Keep New:
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