I have to admit, when I first saw this article I thought the office-shed wouldn’t be that great. Then I saw the results, and I want my own office-shed! It’s amazing inside. Even if you have a home office, it can be a great way to get away from other distractions. Read more about Turning […]
A precursor to modern sound and light devices such as the Brain Machine, Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville’s Dreamachine – In its original form, a dreamachine is made from a cylinder with slits cut in the sides. The cylinder is placed on a record turntable and rotated at 78 or 45 revolutions per minute. A […]
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool, user tsruzik made this automatic cat faucet using an IR sensor and AVR. I know plenty of cats that like to drink from the faucet, and this apparatus really takes the annoyance factor out of the equation. Schematic and source code included.
Robert Bruce Thompson, author of MAKE:Books’ Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments, spoke at the 2008 Bay Area Maker Faire on the demise of the chemistry set. He traces the history from the good old days when chemistry sets were full of possibilities to the present day where they are very hard to obtain. Check […]
Monday night’s MAKE NYC meet up was PACKED @ NYCResistor! Makers learned how to create their own PCBs for electronic projects and demonstrations of different PCB making techniques. More photos here. Love the xkcd PCB! MAKE NYC write up of the event and the information / files to your own flashlight. More: MAKE NYC. Makers […]
Ever say to yourself, “Oh no, I just got spaghetti sauce on my LED pants, and I can’t wash them!” Well instructables user Louise Johnson has a solution in her step-by-step on washable LED pants.
Instructables member ‘rbanks’ has a great tutorial on making and printing your own woodblock prints. I have always wanted to do this, but sadly never have. If you are willing to put down the soldering iron for a minute, check out making your own woodblock prints.
