DIY Projects

We’ll have something very cool with instructable soon, but for now – check this out. With a quick fork extension you can quickly build a great looking and fun to ride chopper. Thanks Land-o-Links! Link.

You can create a real-time GPS tracker using Google Maps API. Don’t worry about having a GPS device, you can emulate a garmin using GPSGate. Then later you purchase fancy gps devices and a JunxionBox…All with free software too. Link.

DIY iPod nano case – iNano writes “I took the foam and cut a wedge out, and glued it into the case. Then I took the cloth and glued it down inside the top part of the case. I made two foam strips to hold the nano in place, and glued them down as well. I got some sandpaper and brushed the whole tin, excluding the red and white sides. I stuck an apple sticker on the front and outlined it in red, to make it look cool. I still need to drill a hole for headphone cables”… [via]. Link. On a side note, does anyone have a contact at Altoids? Email pt at makezine d0t com.

A MAKE subscriber sent this in to us, look really interesting “A Foot powered lathe plans in pdf or e-book form – I haven’t tried this but from reading it, I can say it appears to be the best design of several I’ve looked at. And it’s free!” Link.

Nice Mac stuff reuse from MacVroom “We decided to take matters into our own hands and make a simple protective sleeve for our new nano…We started with something that would be both protective and useful to shine up the iPod nano – a soft chamois cloth. Chamois is also fairly thin and will not add much bulk. Lucky for us, Apple includes one of these cloths with their Cinema Displays, so we had one on hand”. Link.