Bill Wilson from steadywinds.com kites writes – “I was inspired by the post about the PVC Light Tent and needed something to take pictures of the cards and books my wife makes as part of her hobby. (plus it was cool). So a cardboard box, a knife and a little glue I had my very […]
Rick writes – A simple how to, making a serious scientific instrument – A sextant. Make it and learn how to navigate.” Link & Link.
CJanson has an Instructable on making your own Lightsaber – “We saw an example of someone who used regular plumbing supplies. We decided to try it but found we could improve upon if for ourselves. It requires no soldering, gluing or anything other than the following supplies and everything (except the faucet hole cover) was […]
Jordi writes – “Build a CD player with an old GameBoy, an ATAPI drive and some electronics. The CD player it’s a kind of game cartridge to play CD. This is the final version, plug it to a GameBoy and listen to music!” – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Cyclopticgaze writes – “The recent issue of MAKE magazine has an article on building a jet engine in a jar. I couldn’t resist building one of my own. Here are the results.” Link. Related: The Jam Jar Jet by William Gurstelle. Don’t think you can build a jet engine at […]
Tons of great vintage projects – “Our goal is to preserve the inspired DIY spirit of the past. Our free project reprints cover farm machines, the woodshop, machine shop, boats, archery and more. These vintage plans come from a half-century ago when do-it-yourself enthusiasts turned wood, metal and old motors into useful workhorses, functional tools, […]
I saw the NADA gang last week at Etech and I’m going to try and review this, it’s a fast and easy way to control devices with Flash and Java. Robust physical computing prototyping systems are appearing continuously. More than just Lego Mindstorms, the BASIC stamp and microcontrollers, physical computing prototyping kits are a lightweight […]
