Technical Video Rental has some tips on cheap video lighting for the how to series they’re making – “The most important part of a good how-to video is the content, but even if the content is great the video quality can make a big difference in how useful that content is to the viewer. An […]
Ruel sent in this massive project page with tons of DIY electronics for music. Projects include: Preamps, compressors, mixers, op-amps, MIDI and more! – Link.
Seems like a fun project to make on your own, a chair made out of lawn – “The Grass armchair is self assembled, each pack contains 14 corrugated cardboard frames and 100g pack of grass seeds. You will need about 240 litres of soil, to fill in the frame. First find the right spot, because […]
Bert writes – “The Devantech SFR04 Ultrasonic Range Finder indicates the distance to the closest object within range. Echo’s that arrive later are received and processed, but subsequently ignored. For a true radar all signals should be taken into account. So, time to heat up the old soldering iron and make some modifications to the […]
MLeak writes – “”Make” mag had linked to some cool stuff about crocheting totes out of old bags, and I started a couple of those, but I didn’t have enough bags in the right colors to finish them. I decided I couldn’t wait for grocery day before I could continue crocheting, so in the meantime […]
Abbabibble2 writes – “I’ve come up with a project that i’ve been contemplating for a long time. It’s a flash grenade made from a disposable camera circuit and a part of a pringles can.” – Link. Previous: Build your own Brain Assailant – Link. HOW TO – Make a sonic grenade – Link.
Neil writes – “Here is an inexpensive way to create a three dimensional pointing device. Take a working mechanical wheel mouse (the type with a scrolling wheel). Remove the ball. Drill some holes in the sides and run a string into the mouse, around the horizontal roller, and out the other side. Reroute the sensors […]
