Make It Last: Contest deadline extended!
With everyone busy preparing for the holidays, we’ve had a few requests to extend the entry deadline for the robotic plant contest a bit.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Create a Lego flash drive with functioning cap
There are a number of projects online for re-casing a flash storage drive using Lego bricks, but most of them leave the USB connector exposed. In this project, we show you how to create a Lego case-mod that includes a Lego cap that snaps into place. Materials: Dremel Rotary Tool Dremel 561 Multipurpose cutting bit […]
Android controlled RGB rope lights
The iGloLED programmable RGB rope light kit falls somewhere between your garden variety X-mas tree lights and professional grade carnival ride lights. At $300 for a 16.4′ set of 120 lights, they’re one of the more expensive options out there, but if you’re looking for a novelty lighting effect that’s fun to operate, the iGloLED set has to be one of the cooler options out there. They’ve been out for a while now, but have been an iPhone-only option until now.
Huge iPhone display made using 56 iPads
For around $30k you, too, could have your very own iPhone display built using 56 iPads. Though comprised of interactive displays, I’d be surprised if the display itself was interactive. Now I’m just curious how many of these it would take to build a ginormous iPod Nano display.
Awesome projects built using Dorkbot PCB Order
Laen of Dorkbot Portland started a batch PCB Order project a year ago, to make it more affordable for his friends to order prototype boards by grouping them together into larger group buys.
Your Comments
And we’re back with our twenty-fifth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. Steve Davee made a version of the Compressed air rocket, using a Presta valve and black pipe: Thanks for such a fantastic project and such thorough documentation, Rick! Here’s […]
Mechanical logic gates
MAKE subscriber Xiaoji Chen of Cambridge, MA, is experimenting with mechanical logic gates made from wood sticks and rivets. Click on the image to see a Processing simulation.
