Gerald writes – “Since I saw my first 3D movie, “It Came From Outer Space”, in 1953 I’ve been interested in making my own 3D movies. I got my first 3D camera in 1954, a Bell and Howell Three Dimension Company Colorist, which I still have. I was interested in taking 3D pictures through a […]
Pastelero writes – “Listening to music on my pc (proudly using WINAMP), I was wondering how would be to have some leds blinking with the sound that came out from the P2 connector, so I decided to make a simple circuit to do that. It worked pretty fine, so I decided to write a HowTo […]
David has some good tips on cheap lighting gear for the budget photographer – “”Starving student” off-camera light kit – The SSO-CLK (for lack of a more poetic term) is designed to give you the most bang for your buck – with a nod toward extreme portability. It will work well with any camera that […]
A cigar box guitar maker experimented with making a banjo version out of an old Chevy hubcap, here are the build pages and photos – [via] Link. Related: Cigar Box Guitar. Build and play this sweet-sounding 3-string instrument in an afternoon. MAKE 04 – Page 76.
Every week Spark Fun gets in really interesting electronics for projects and more – this week, the GPS controller for the 21 foot wall clock they had at Maker Faire came in… arg, credit card coming out… 100mAh LiPo (Lithium Polymer) battery. This little guy packs a punch over a short amount of time. Packed […]
Jason sent in this waste powered fuel cell resource, not super-detailed but a start if you’d like to attempt making one – “This website aims to help someone to build a microbial fuel cell (MFC) using relatively inexpensive and readily available materials. The method is based on the microbial fuel cells built by Abbie Groff, […]
Jim writes – “I am very much enjoying Make 6. I was interested to see another column by George Dyson as well as the article on Steve Roberts. This got me thinking about the design of kayaks and baidarkas through time. George interpreted ancient designs with modern materials. Steve is taking this even further with […]
