These dolls are blank and come with markers so your kids (or anyone else) can draw their own designs, faces and more on them. They’re $40 which isn’t too bad, but I bet you could get a doll pattern and make your own DIY Draw-It-On Dolls. Could be fun for kid’s parties and such. My version might have a LCD as a head and you could draw on that… [via] Link.
This week my 2nd adapter shorted out completely. And since my battery only lasts about 7 minutes I was dead in the water. I really didn’t want to fork out more bucks on another new supply so I decided to crack it open. I was able to fix the problem and put it back together, just like new….sort of. First I had to crack open the casing. The supply was obviously designed to be disposable and the casing had no latches or screws holding it together. I had to hammer a thin screwdriver around the edges and eventually cracked the egg open. [via] Link.
…a very cheap fume extractor for solder fumes to avoid breathing this nasty stuff in all the time. Not only is it a nice ‘make’ hack, it also is a perfect tool for many more ‘make’ adventures. What you need: a slot type cooling fan, a vacuum cleaner hose, some zip ties, hot glue, cardboard or flexible plastic sheet and a power supply. Link.
Want to control your Ceiva picture frame yourself? Want to send pictures to it from you local server? Hack your Ceiva picture frame to run linux and drive it from your own local linux server. Link.
Artwork made from chewed gum…the nascent bubble gum medium makes a strong artistic statement. Ben Harben’s work is composed of hundreds of pieces of 1-inch Dubble Bubble gum balls lovingly chewed to perfection, carefully placed on canvas panels and covered with an epoxy resin. The article has some HOW TO advice too. [via] Link and gallery.
Great article for salvaging parts from a camera for robots…how-to steps for getting the SONAR unit safely out of the camera and how to modify it so you can use it in your projects. There is minimal electronics knowledge needed and in fact I got much of this information right from the “horses mouth”, Polaroid. [via] Link.
If you like the enhanced podcasts we do here on MAKE, you might like this one from G4’s – Attack of the Show. They’re starting to record their production meetings- then adding images and links. You can get see and listen in on how a TV show is created. Link. See our HOW TO here on making enhanced podcasts if you want make your own.
