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Welcome to Make It Last, a project build series and contest, sponsored by Microchip and Energizer. Over the coming months, we’re going to cover a series of three project builds, demonstrating some of the finer points of low-power microcontroller design. We’re hoping these will be fun, informative projects and a good introduction to using “bare” […]
For $20 you can fund a Kickstarter project and get a Glif iPhone 4 tripod mount and stand. The video at Kickstarter has information about the designers / makers of the Glif, as well as examples of how to use the versatile gadget. The Glif will be manufactured with a Santoprene (grade 101-87) hard rubber. […]
Create a variety of natural looking shapes — ferns, trees, and dragons — using fractals and the controlP5 library.
Giant for a model, anyway. At 4′ tall it’s only 1/20th the size of a “real” one, and still not even close to Disney World’s “almost life size” version. Still, just try offering Disney what eBay seller komonac is asking for his and see what they say. [via Boing & Boing, LLP]
And we’re back with our sixteenth installment of Your Comments. Here are our favorites from the past week, from Make: Online, our Facebook page, and Twitter. MadRat speculates about what the creators think of people making fire with Ikea products: I always wonder what the owners, designers and factory workers think when they see their […]
The latest high altitude weather balloon video making the rounds is from the father and son team of Luke and Max Geisshuhler of Brooklyn, NY. Their setup included a 19-inch helium balloon with a payload consisting of a camcorder, GPS enabled phone, and a couple of hand warmers inside a styrofoam container.
Check out this clean MacBook tablet conversion by EnigmaPenguin. He’s re-used the case by cutting a hole large enough for the screen to show through and added a USB touch screen. The result is rather impressive for such a cheap mod.
