Nice “food hacking” article featuring a lot of Makers – Dry-Ice Martini and electric cake @ The NY Times! Two weeks ago, Mr. Buckley took gallons and gallons of liquid nitrogen to Austin, Texas, for Maker Faire, an annual gathering sponsored by Make magazine, one of the bibles of the do-it-yourself movement. Like tens of […]
In response to International Caps Lock Day last week, Sean Ragan made this caps lock trainer key: DOES SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAVE A SHOUTING PROBLEM? IF SO THEN THIS HANDY TRAINER KEY MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT. A standard 101-pattern caps lock key has had its lettering removed by wiping with a paper towel soaked in […]
This video shows how to build your own USB powered fan to cool your laptop or other over-heating piece of electronics. This is especially useful for those of you with the lemon Macbooks with the faulty heatsinks that constantly overheat.
3D scanner using a webcam and laser pointer. More: HOW TO – $10 XY Laser scanner. Make – Volume 14 – Homebrew 3D Scanner. If you use/make these, post up your favorites in the comments.
Seth is working on a cool project, the AudioTouch – A multi-user, multi-touch musical interface… Here’s what you need to get started… Unibrain Fire-i Color camera $22.20 Swann Wide-angle IR Camera Lens $19.33 50 Osram SFH485 IR LEDs $27.53 4 Breadboards $15.80 Acrylic 24″ x 36″ $43.91 Wood Frame $18 Sorta Clear 40 Silicone Rubber […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Michael from ProdMod designed a high powered version of his photo light using a Luxeon LED with heatsink – The following project is a neat way to make your own high powered video light to attach to your digital camera or camcorder. I called it the NightVlogger 160 after […]
Charlie Chaplin, you may have met your match. His name is Matt Mets, and he wears a noisy hat: The inspiration for this project came while on the long road trip to Austin last weekend, and I finally had some time to make it. The prototype is a bit rough, but I think it gets […]
