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Tm36usa writes "Easily receive WIFI signals from far away using a standard USB WIFI adaptor and a bit of ingenuity. This Simple idea requires no modifications to a USB WIFI adaptor or your computer. A simple way to increase the signal strength and range of your WIFI. Plus it works with all USB WIFI adaptors" - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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It looks like some folks are getting development versions of the $100 laptop, MAKE Flickr photo pool member Curiouslee is working on a music project, he writes "At the time of this photo, about 150 boards have been seeded out to developers. This one was running a version of Barry Vercoe's Csound which will conduct any number of laptops each as a different orchestral instrument via WiFi on mesh network." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Jenny writes "Check out this article on how to construct a solar generator out of used auto parts and plumbing supplies...The generator they developed is able to produce ten times the energy at less than half the price of solar panels. While developed with the intention of helping to harvest electricity for villagers in poor countries, the students also believe it has great appeal for amateurs. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Nym writes "Turn an old pair of glasses and a $14 philips digital camera into an eyetap to take pictures from your perspective." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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In DIY Projects  I used to disassemble hard drives, whenever possible, both to extract the magnets and to see how the different types worked. Different hard drives contain all kinds of wonderful components: voice coil motors, stepper motors, exotic bearings, electropolished machined parts, chemically etched metal webs, flexible circuitry, and my personal favorite: optical quadrature encoders for pivot arm position readout. The drive platters themselves are also quite remarkable: precisely made aluminum patters with a surface not unlike recording tape. The disks make a lovely clear note if you strike them, so it was only natural to make them into a set of wind chimes. -Link [Read More] [Comments] |
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Matthijs writes - "For about $60, you can build a camera crane for a lightweight videocamera. The nifty thing about this design is that you can not only move crane up and down and rotate it, but you can also pan and tilt the camera. Plus, it's pretty lightweight and can be easily disassembled and transported." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Riddim posted up a DIY lamp from an old washing machine barrel - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Offlogic writes - "Gadget freaks, model railroaders, roboticists or cat-hosts will love the versatility of the Sharp IS471 infrared proximity detector. It is the size of a transistor, operates over the 4-16 volt range, and can detect objects about 4-9 inches away by reflected IR pulses. The basic implementation requires only the IS471, an IR LED and a 9 volt battery and can be built by most any tinkerer in less than 10 minutes." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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FrankG writes - "Here's part #2 of the Light Electric Vehicle project... The Mobility scooter has some attitude after the cutting, welding, and some basic testing..." - Link. Previous:
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Here's how to make a RC car from a couple old 10$ cordless screwdrivers, from I Make Projects - " This is a radio-controlled vehicle made from two cheap, cordless power tools with wheels attached. The electrical control part consists only of an old R/C controller, two servos, and 4 microswitches. Since I had most parts already in my part bins, it cost me about 20$ to build." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Robots.net points to one of the sites we've been watching take off - The Open Prosthetics Project, the goal is to produce useful innovations in the field of prosthetics and give the designs away for free, here's one of the latest - "Robert Haag has started another interesting project for his son Michael: a prosthetic fishing rod. The idea is to attach the rod as a terminal device on Michael's prosthetic arm in place of the usual gripper. Pretty much anything can be made into a body-powered terminal device by attaching 1/2-20 male threads to it, although it's a little harder to make it do something when you pull the cable. The first stage of the project is to modify the rod so it can be attached as a terminal device." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's how to make an optical theremin-like from stuff you can get at Radio Shack. As it's exposed to light it will produce different distortion - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's a short video on using a light sensor with an electron toy, like a speak-n-spell for circuit bending, as it's exposed to different types of light it create different distortions - Link. Related:
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Kagetsuki sent in this how-to on building a model vertical wind generator using household items, wire and magnets - " These plans are for the construction of a machine called a Savonius wind turbine. Wind turbines come in two general types, those whose main turning shaft is horizontal and points into the wind, and those with a vertical shaft that points up. The Savonius is an example of the vertical axis type. It consists of two simple scoops that catch the wind and cause the shaft to turn." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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FrankG sent in this rebuild & mod of a trashed mobility scooter that he's turning into a light electric vehicle - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Mac 595 writes - "Here's a low cost development tool which provides an interface from a CompactFlash Card to a Microchip PIC Microcontroller, with source code to perform byte read and write operations to the card. Also, an IDE header on the board allows access to the CF Card without a microcontroller, allowing a PC to see the CF card as a hard drive." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Todbot has a short and sweet how-to on making prototyping Arduino bread boards for portable development platforms, he writes - "Do you love Arduino? Do you think the concept of Arduino shields is just the coolest? Do you wish you could get some of those neat Arduino Prototyping Shields that Tom Igoe made? Too bad no one sells them yet, because building your own versions of those boards is a bit out there for us ADD'ers. Don't despair, there is a solution to the lack of breadboarduinos. You can build your own Arduino shield with a solderless breadboard in about 10 minutes and 10 bucks. It's not nearly as full-featured as Tom's prototyping shields, but it's great way to quickly add a solderless breadboard to Arduino. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Will wraps up the CNC machine project, he writes - "Back in Part 1, we introduced the basics and started building the electronics. In Part 2, we finished up the controller and started building our machine. Today we complete our unholy marriage of cutting boards and dot matrix printers in Part 3 of How-To: Build your own CNC machine." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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After. AtomicZombie (who we posted about yesterday) sent in this great bike project - You know what really irritates the heck out of me? I drive all the way out to the dump, pay my five bucks to get in, and the only bikes laying around are those goofy granny bikes from the late 1970's. Dog, what's the deal? I need some new parts! Ok, enough whining, it's payback time. A real chopper artist can chop any bike, even this crusty old codger cruiser. In fact, the more I looked at the bike, the more I thought it would be a sweet ride. Check out all that chrome, look at that long spindly frame, yeah, I could make this happen... The how-to is a great a step-by-step and has dozens of photos![Read More] [Comments] |
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David writes - "After sniffing the packets to see how this color kinetics LED tile works, I created a Processing library that reads the pixels of the display window, converts them to a 12×12 matrix, and writes them out as UDP packets to the data/power supply for the LEDs. My goal is to create some interesting real-time, interactive lighting applications. Just got this working today and did two quick experiments..." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Tim writes - "After I saw the post - just had to try one. But not just the one sheet of plywood, no, no. Two boats with three sheets of plywood. It's been a project long in the making and I finally had time this weekend to put together my first Instructable. This project covers the construction of two rowboats that are primarily constructed with three sheets of plywood. The design is not mine. I used a design by Hannu Vartiala, a very generous boat enthusiast who has graciously provided boat plans free of charge on his website. This is a step-by-step documentation and explaination of the project found on that site. I've tried to simplify some of Hannu's steps for laymen like myself. You will need to refer to that page as you read this Instructable. I won't repeat Hannu's instructions step by step since this is really his design. I'll just explain how I did it, what problems I ran in to and how I got around them. I found that some of his documentation was vague and some of his working was confusing. This project tool me about 3 days for the first boat and 2 days for the second. I will also include tips for oar construction, which Hannu did not cover in his project. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Neat, here's how to make your own fortune cookies, Annw writes - "Long the delicious denouement to a night of eating Chinese food, fortune cookies are surprisingly easy to make at home. Get creative with your words and create funny, silly, flirtatious, or hopeful fortunes. These cookies are good for parties and personalized gifts." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Houdini writes - "...Knowing nothing about how to do tiles mosaic and where to by the stuff, I started to do some searchs on google image to find an appropriate drawing to convert into mosaic. With a bit of luck I knew I could find one that will exactly fit my wills : not too small, and not to large. A 25x25 tiles mosaic was my absolute limit as it's already involving 625 tiles. I finally failed in google images, and before starting to convert a bigger image into a smaller one, I did some extra effort to find an original sprite with the size I wanted (pixel design is so well done that I couldn't expect to get the same quality by myself). I finally found the exact 18x18 pixels image I wanted, in a backup of a nintendo GameBoy Advance cartrige. I had to extract the content and one particular design on a splash screen fitted my needs perfectly." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's a clever way to simulate antigravity-like conditions for filming small objects... - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's another homemade air conditioner using an old fan, copper tubing and cooler with ice water - Link. Previous:
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Tetranitrate writes - "This project describes how to build a simple, safe, and reliable electronic detonator. All the parts should total under 25$, and all but one of the parts can be bought at radio shack. This detonator includes numerous safety features such as a detachable power supply, an ARM switch, and an indicator light." - Link. Looks like a good one for model rockets.[Read More] [Comments] |
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I've been using a tablet for sketching, and also use Electroplankton for the Nintendo DS to make "pen based" music, so it's neat to see that there are applications to turn the big tablet into a musical instrument too, Peter writes - "Whether you're a graphics artist wanting to make music in new ways or just trying to rationalize the purchase of a shiny new Wacom tablet, graphics tablets are worth a look for music control. They're highly sensitive, intuitive instruments, and they're fairly cheap (US$100 and up). We've talked about doing this before, but new and updated software keeps making this easier." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's a fun & simple optical illusion you can make - "The Jastrow illusion is an optical illusion discovered by the American psychologist Joseph Jastrow in 1889. In this image, the two figures are identical, although the bottom one appears to be larger." [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Rick writes - "This tutorial will explain how you can set up a Mac mini or other spare Mac to be a 24-hour spam filtering drone. The process utilizes Apple's Mail application, IMAP email, and C-Command's SpamSieve along with a few custom AppleScripts that will allow you to remotely train the Mac mini in the fine art of spam filtering. Soon you will be able to look in your Inbox, be it on another Mac, a PC, a PDA or even cell phone, and not have to worry about being confronted with a screen full of nasty unsolicited advertising and phishing schemes." - Link. Related:
- Pictured here, the Mac mini robot. That's what a spam drone should look like - Link.
- Other Mac mini projects - Link.
On a side note, Apple took down their "big ideas" with Mac minis page, darn.
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Brian writes - "As a researcher I see a lot of work done on eye movement recordings and it blows my mind that a device that used to cost upwards of $100, 000 is now in the DIY realm with open-source hardware and software..." "openEyes is an open-source open-hardware toolkit for low-cost real-time eye tracking. The purpose of openEyes is to provide a hardware design and a set of software tools useful for the analysis of eye movement data. The development of openEyes stems from the recognition in the eye tracking and human computer interaction communities that while the cost of hardware for eye tracking has precipitously dropped in the recent past that the there is lack of freely available software to implement even long-established eye-tracking methods. The tools available for this platform include algorithms to measure eye movements from digital videos, techniques to calibrate the eye tracking system, and example software to facilitate real-time eye-tracking application development. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Mark made a 2 Level cat bed from an old desk chair, good use for an old chair that might get tossed I suppose - here's how you can make your own...[Read More] [Comments] |
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A ton of Makers sent this telescope in, it's called the trackball telescope and it's public domain, Jerry writes - "...I searched the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, and came up blank there, too. As near as I can tell, I have come up with a new design for a mount that not only eliminates the pointing problems of equatorial mounts and Dobsonian mounts, but also tracks. I call it the "trackball" because there's no better name to describe it. Happily, another search of the USPTO database shows that the term "trackball" has fallen into the public domain, so apparently anyone is free to use it as a generic term for this type of telescope. Many people have urged me to patent the design, but I would much rather put it into the public domain so anybody can build (and sell) them as they wish..." Thanks Stella! - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Michael Khor's TV Tank from Aqua Hobby - "Ever wondered what to do with that ancient 26" wooden TV set laying around in yours or your grandparent's garage? Here's a perfect destination for it! Even if you don't have the old TV, it shouldn't be too hard to buy one for almost nothing, and in no time you can have your favorite program broadcasting all day long, with no commercials!" [via] - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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With all the sub-$20 MP3 players out there, you can make your own MP3 player headphones with everything built in, MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 writes - "Stephen needed a better way to listen to music on his run. There are no cables to tangle and it runs on a single AA battery. The mp3 player is a bit skimpy on memory, but it was affortable at around $20. It has usb jack for power and 1/8" stereo to the headphones. The usb port came off an old macintosh computer." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's a handy Instructable on making an auto-commerical skipping DVR using SageTV, Vielmetter writes - "I hate commercials...especially the repetative ones on my favorite shows like Law & Order and the Jon Stewart show. I've spent a long time customizing my DVR, but I've finally got it to automatically skipp any and all commercials on my favorite shows. So now its time I share my work with the rest of the world so anyone can enjoy tv without annoyances." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's how to make a Wi-Fi waveguide antenna from a foil-lined Tetra-Brik soup box - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Saites2001 writes "Recently I saw a commercial for a car vent that ran on solar power. It seemed like a good idea, but outrageously overpriced. The one on TV was $15 + S&H. Online they run as high as $40. I decided I could build one that was more functional and for under $10. The outcome is not exactly a looker, but it works and only cost $6." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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It's getting hot, so MAKE Flickr photo pool member Remko van Dokkum made a PC fan tower to keep cool - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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32768 writes "Jewelry for body piercing is expensive and can be hard to find, particularly if you need an unusual or large size. I go through the steps of machining a barbell style piece from scratch. This project includes many operations typical of small scale machining on a lathe including facing, turning down, drilling, tapping, and polishing." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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If you're considering making a pair of tire sandals, here's a way to improve the comfort (and look) of the straps - Link. Related:
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Spark Fun has a handy (so it seems) PIC dev board that can be bootloaded and then shows up as an RS232 com port - "This is a spectacular little development board featuring the PIC18F2455. Based on the work of Brian Schmalz, the UBW is a small board with a command intrepreter for basic input and output control. When attached to a Windows computer, the UBW will show up as an RS232 Com port! You control the individual I/O pins on the PIC through simple serial commands. Board comes fully tested, preprogrammed, and assembled as shown." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's a fun Instructable on how to make dixie cup spherical dodecahedrons - "The Dixiesphere is composed of twenty spherical-hexagonal 7-cup modular units, which you will construct first. Each hexagonal modular unit consists of seven cups hot-glued together such that one central cup is surrounded tangentially by six more cups. (The spaces between cups will look like equilateral triangles with concave edges, and the circular bases and rims of the cups will look like hexagonal close-packings of circles, but they will posess a slight overall curvature, as the circles define the surfaces of spheres.) It is important that the central cup contacts each of its surrounding six cups at their bases. It's a tight fit getting six cups around a center cup. Work quickly while the glue is hot to ensure that all upper rims and lower bases of the cups are flush, and that there are no superfluous gaps between the bases of the cups." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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KABUKISTAR writes - "This tutorial will show you how to create an awesome-looking panoramic photograph, using a normal point-and-shoot camera, without any special lenses." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Will has a good starter on making your own CNC machine - "Ready for some hard core gadget creation? If you thought your dremel tool was handy before, in today's How-To we'll start building our own CNC machine. Aside from the geek factor, it can be handy for making things like PC boards without chemicals or maybe some little styrofoam voodoo heads of all your enemies, uh friends. Gentlemen, start your soldering irons." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's our next TV-B-Gone mod, bam! "This TV-B-Gone uses a 9V battery to send its signal through a matrix of 20 IR LEDS. This extends the working range of the device to about 90ft (line of sight). Using this in a regular sized room you are pretty much guaranteed to kill the TV no matter where you point it." - Link. Related:
- If you want to build this, seriously, we have them in the MAKE store - Link.
- Tv-B-Gone hat - Link.
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Wan writes "Reuse some of your tradeshow LED goodies and make a LED light bulb." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Here's a clever way to slim down a big USB drive, MAKE Flickr photo pool member Mushmouth26 writes "This was one of those big bulky 1gb Lexar sticks. I cracked the case off of it and dipped in yellow Plasti dip, I bought at home depot.. Fits great in my pocket now and it is super slim. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Russ is working on a really interesting keyboard, check out the different prototypes and build-blog - "This keyboard has no support at the base of the palm. It isn't needed! The keyboard bears directly on the thumb. The main difference between this keyboard, and the others is that the thumb position is lowered. The thumb is now positioned between the index and middle fingers. Most of the bulk of this keyboard is now structural. The kingpin only extends beyond the width of the palm because it's made of cardboard. If it were made of something stronger, it would only need to go 1/4" beyond the palm." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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A Maker in the forums was looking to make a LED display that can read RSS feeds, here's a start - Atharsia writes - "Check out [this site] for a circuit that can be used to drive a matrix of LED's that can be driven to display alphanumeric characters. You should be able to just string multiple segments together to make a display as many characters long as you want, then you just need to find or write a program that can convert the RSS feed into a single line that can crawl the display... - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Toc writes - "This is how I attatch my Kite Aerial Photography rig to the kite string. It is just a cheap caribiner I picked up at the local hardware store at the cash register. The string at the top is the kite string and the stings at the bottom are the line from the picavet rig. After the kite is up in the air and flying well I open up the caribiner and make a few turns with the kite line and screw the gate shut. If there is any tension on the line the friction between the line and the caribiner keeps it from sliding down the string. If it is a very light wind day I just add a few more turns. It works pretty very well for me." - Link. Related:
- Kite Aerial Photography - Puts Your Eye in the Sky. To take pictures from a kite, you need three things: a kite, a camera, and a special rig that attaches the camera to the kiteline and activates the shutter button on the camera. Here's how to do it. MAKE 01 - Page 50 (subscribers).
- Kite Aerial Photography projects and more - Link.
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Here's another great use for a hacked CVS cam, Ursine writes - "Here's a 3.4 I picked today. I sliced off the battery compartment and installed a servo plug so the camera can be powered by my plane/helicopters receiver. Works great. " [via] - Link. Related:
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Munkeyworks writes - "Wikipedia has a whole slew of names listed for a portable USB drive. My favorite has always been "thumb drive". Who doesn't like literal translation? I decided to try my hand at thumb shaped usb drive (aw crap, things are getting punny)." Thanks Paul! - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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TheNickboy writes - "Summer is nearing/here, and it's getting hotter in my house. To save electricity with our super expensive A/C, I constructed reflective curtains to block sunlight from warming our house. Think auto windshield. This is super simple and kind of obvious, but it works well." - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Sean writes - "My DIY Fog Chiller was made from things just lying around the house, well in the freezer. I used some icepacks we had in the freezer that can conveniently fold into a triangle shaped tunnel and a mysterious coffee can filled with frozen water to cool off the fog coming out of the machine. I just propped the "ice pack tunnel" up to the appropriate height for the fog machine to shoot fog right through the tunnel. Then put the frozen coffee can at the end of the tunnel for further cooling of the fog." Thanks Mable! - Link & photos.[Read More] [Comments] |
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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Fibra writes - "This projector is made of casette player and walkman parts, some mirors and cheap chinese laser pointer. Everything is positioned freehand and glued in place with hotglue. This is work in progress. Still comming, separate speed and direction regulation for both motors, and sound to laser modulation. " - Link.[Read More] [Comments] |
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Gravity Girl writes - "Well, I first saw a nabaztag here, and had to have one. When it finally arrived, I cracked open the API and started playing with it. Here, after a weekend or so of work (because javascript isn't my language of choice) is a dashboard widget for macintosh users to put in their dashboard. It controls ear movement and text-to-speech in 8 different voices. It also monitors your rabbit in case someone else moves its ears." - Link. Related:
- More Nabaztag hacking - Link.
- Nabaztag Widget - control the WiFi bunny - Link.
- Investigating the Nabaztag - WiFi bunny - Link.
- Virtual bunny to real world Wi-Fi bunny notification - Link.
- Nabaztag hacking - Link.
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