From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Nilan writes – “Here’s a Wrist Watch with 7 segment LED display and touch switch. This was my first try with an SSOP package chip. It was really easy to solder, even with my $10 soldering iron. A little solder wick is helpful, a magnifying glass was not used. “ […]
Homemade camera flash solution from Modern Mechanix, 1932 – “Synchronizing Photo Flash Lamp With a Camera Shutter. The difficulty of synchronizing the flare of a photo flash lamp with the click of the shutter is frequently encountered by enthusiasts of the camera art…The contrivance consists of a flat type pocket flashlight battery mounted between two […]
Here’s a great interactive periodic table of elements, Thanks Jason! – Link. – Updated November 2012 (Previous link no longer active)
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 writes – “It needs to be wider for stability. Here’s how it went during one class. The audio is a little rich on the trumpeting sounds, but most of the details about the design are on the recording.” – Build photos and audio. Related: Build your own hoverboard – […]
Here’s a really interesting way to visualize plots via LEGOs, could be useful for all sorts of things. I am Jack’s LEGO collection, here’s Fight Club – “Time flows from left to right (at the end of each row it skips to the beginning of the next row). Movement up or down indicates character movement. […]
Nate True is a maker who has hacked his wallet to light up when he opens it. Nate has been known to hack other things too. Recently he made a tiny wireless motion detector. I look forward to interviewing him about some of his other projects! Click here to get the video (MP4) delivered automatically […]
Chris sent in this 11 foot Eiffel Tower Go-Kart / Soapbox that’s now up for sale on eBay – Auction, build pages & about the project/race for charity.
