HOW TO – Make gameshow-style hand buzzers
Nick writes – “Here’s a a small tutorial for fabricating gameshow-style hand buzzers (in this case, used for the PC game “You Dont Know Jack”, played on an emulated arcade cabinet).” – Link.
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MAKE Events – RSS & Instant Message!
We have a new MAKE events listing that has Maker-like events going on around the world. You can view them in our events section, subscribe via ATOM and RSS feeds and/or use the MAKEbot (Instant message). If something is going on that you think Makers, Crafters, Hackers would like to check out, let us know […]
HOW TO – Run homebrew on the Nintendo DS Lite
Leonard has a short overview on getting homebrew apps and more running on the Nintendo DS – “To be able to run homebrews, emulators, backups and the like, you’ll need two things. First you need a passkey to boot into DS mode. The latest and greatest is the Max Media Launcher, which replaces the older […]
Maker Faire – SYSTM!
The lastest SYSTM is up and it’s from Maker Faire! – “The 2006 Maker Faire presents the do-it-yourself community with thousands of finished projects and inspired ideas. For their inaugural expo, Systm host, Dan Huard enlists the help of DigitalLife’s Patrick Norton to scour the showroom floors and find the best projects. For this episode, […]
3D Milling service for virtual worlds
And so it begins! Mark over on 3pointD has a bit about a new 3D printing service for virtual world avatars / objects, looks like it might be $50 a pop – “Second Life residents will soon be able to order up physical versions of their avatars, their builds or their favorite Second Life objects […]
Balloon Manor – interactive balloon haunted house
Larry writes “The silly, creepy, funny, weird, slightly haunted castle made _entirely_ out of balloons. In October 2004, this 60,000 balloon, 10,000 square foot, family friendly haunted house was built as a community project by 300 volunteers to raise money for cancer research. It was such a hit that it’s being done again in Oct […]
nPod – Portable NES
Ben has a new console meets handheld creation – the nPod. The nPod is a NES with 3.5″ screen, runs on 4 AA’s and uses the original NES cartridges, here’s his “how it’s made” page – [via] – Link.
