Rob writes – “I started out with a Minolta from 94′ or so that had a busted something or other. I also had a QuickCam express usb camera that would give us our ccd. After dissembling the quickcam with one screw and cutting the shutter from the Minolta we had done most of the work. […]
A MAKE reader sent in this handy doorknob alarm project – “A excellent analysis of a DIY circuit that buzzes when someone touches your doorknob. A lot better than a sock and it could be extended to ring your doorbell or worked into a home automation system.” – Link.
Nixie tube clock kits ($150) – check out the PDF to get an idea of what you’re in for – “This kit uses a microcontroller and discrete logic chips to provide the logic for a 12 hour clock based on IN-14 nixie tubes. It has hours, minutes and seconds, with colon separators. The kit is […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rautiocination writes – “Artpainter stands for adaptive resonance theory painter, also known as the painting machine. This device takes user input through a website and local tablet pc’s, which it then “learns” through system of neural networks. The machine then improvizes using what it has learnt.” – Link.
Prank’s Instructable on how to take any R/C car and control it with your computer – Link.
Peter writes “I took an antique clock, and replaced the gearwork with a computer controlled servo, hooked it to the internet to get the weather forcast, and replaced the numbers on the face of the clock with icons, so now it tells the weather instead of the time! I used a fake antique (replica) that […]
This is sort of interesting, and useful for something (maybe) – it’s an app that uses Google Calendar and Google Desktop to turn off your PC remotely/scheduled – [via] – Link.
