Free multimeter
Vicor is offering up a free multimeter – not sure how/what/why or what will happen to your info, but free multimeter… [via] – Link.
Technology
DIY cell phone tracking
Our pals at Popular Science have a write up of a low cost way to do your own cell phone tracking – “…Jen, is tracking me. Using a $100 kit from Mologogo (with a $6-a-month data plan), I’ve turned a prepaid cellphone into a GPS tracking device. Every few minutes, the phone transmits my location […]
500 lb Potato Battery
One of our MAKE readers sent in this potato powered battery, the site is down now, but there is a mirror – “I built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes. It powered a small sound system. I installed the battery and sound system in the back of a U-Haul truck and drove […]
Minority Cube – control a cube with your webcam
This is a cool little Flash app that allows you to move a cube on screen by moving your hand, this would make a good FrontRow mod… – “Minority Cube allows you to control the rotation of the cube on the screen by moving your hand (or yourself) in front of your webcam. It understands […]
Robotic Guinea pig
Robotdreams writes – Filip Verhaeghe, the publisher of the bnxt.com weblog, just posted a detailed article including photos and videos that documents how the popular GUPI, robot guinea pig was originally developed. Filip was one of the key developers on the project, and explains a lot of the design trade-offs and issues they encountered. He’s […]
Woofers
These little speakers, woofers, are headless dogs with speakers mounted inside of them. I wouldn’t really buy these, but it’s a neat idea if you happen to spot a couple pair of ceramic/plastic dogs at a thrift shop or garage sale and want to make your own… [via] – Link.
DIY “Fig Rig” – DV Camera stabilizer made from PVC
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Shygantic made a DIY version of a “Fig Rig” / small DV camera stabilizer out of PVC – Link. Related: Manfrotto’s Fig Rig (commercial version) – Link. $14 Video Camera Stabilizer. You don’t have $10,000 to spend on a Steadicam? Make this ultra-low-cost video camera stabilizer and see how much […]
