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Forkchop writes – “I was trying to make some screen captures of the Ds game “Ossu! Tatakae! Ouendan!, but the best way of doing so, would be to capture the whole thing on camera. The problem started when I needed to capture the video from above the DS. It had to be close enough so […]
Tysonhy in the MAKE forums writes – “Here’s a little project that I did today. The PSP lego charging dock. It took me about 1 hour 15 minutes to make this and if I had more of the same colors, I would’ve made a much better color design. Cost to make this charging dock was […]
CNET has an article and great photo gallery from the Toy Fair in NYC – I’m really looking forward to seeing this robot in person – “Hitec’s Robonova-1 humanoid biped robot has been a big hit in Japan, where robot enthusiasts build the ‘bots and use them to fight each other. The robot made its […]
It’s never to early to start planning for Halloween, Scaryhouse writes – “This is a massive and ever growing list of home haunt, semi-pro haunt, and other Halloween related projects…There really are a lot of haunters out there building great art out of garbage.” Link. Pictured here, our haunted house controller from MAKE volume 03.
This is a really neat design concept, it’s a Rubik’s cube that has textures on each side so vision impaired or anyone blindfolded can play. Interesting twist on an iconic game, this would be pretty easy to make with different materials and shapes glued to the surface. [via] Link.
Streaming from TiVO how to for TiVO owners by Dave Zatz “TiVo’s rumored HD model seems almost as good as vaporware these days, so it’s a good thing your existing Series 2 still has a few tricks left up it’s sleeve. For example, your PC can broadcast audio from the Sirius web site and then […]
This might be handy for the LEGO makers out there, Marvin writes “My site describes a way to find and purchase Lego bargains on eBay. I provide links to a web site that provides (free) information that can help make an informed buying decision and discover real bargains. I show you how you can by […]
