Randy Sarafan made this “Birth of Man” mixing board and provides some great documentation for making your own sound mixer. He even provides some sweet detailing advice including working with acrylic (laser-cutting, bending, painting).
Nikki is all about electric vehicles. She does a great job at explaining how she is rebuilding and modifying the old and new EVs in her fleet. Her photo stream on Flickr helps her document projects like converting her Prius into a plug in hybrid electric. She is a frequent host for the EVCast, a […]
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No, not a trampoline for bouncing, which is what I thought when I first saw this, too. The fabric bridge across a catamaran is also called a trampoline, and is constructed from strong fabric, sewn to the frame through the grommets around the edge of the fabric. Instructables user TimAnderson’s catamaran trampoline was in disrepair, […]
We talk about task lighting a lot, but I’ve never seen anything like these arm lights by Instructables user Ookseer. They’d make a good alternative to a headlamp when you don’t want to mess up your hair or want to continue bobbing your head to your music while doing detail work.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Eschlaep shares details on building a 2-axis joystick from scavenged VCR and computer mouse parts – Well, the other day I found another idler wheel from the same VCR, and I decided to share the construction technique so that you can make one too. It’s pretty simple and takes an […]
This is a really interesting solution to a relatively common problem of implementing a whole house intercom system. Keep in mind, many of today’s phones already have an intercom feature, but it isn’t nearly as satisfying to use as one based on an Arduino. You can really learn a lot about electronics and micro controllers […]
