The “Lemon Light” by Japanese artist / designer, Yuri Suzuki is a small portable light powered only by the lemon used to carry it. Although there have been many “fruit powered projects” in the past, this one is nice because of its portability and the artist’s intent to highlight our wastefulness of energy and to […]
The fine fellows at GeekDad wrote a lovely review of the Maker’s Notebook. Here are some excerpts: The front and back cover are pure cyan with a white dashed grid — basically, a canvas for your creativity (see photo). Maybe you want to color-code the covers by topic or date, maybe you just want to […]
This site has detailed instructions on how to turn a Mini XM-177 Airsoft rifle into a computer-controlled, servo-actuated gun. Robot Airsoft [via]
Rishi Oswal (of in and around San Diego, CA) lives in his car. Now, what separates him from that guy in his van down by the river is this totally incredible custom bed platform he made to go inside his Honda Element. He documented its creation insanely well on his blog, with every little detail […]
The “WP-20 Mini-Synth Sound Effects Synthesizer” is probably the best project out there for getting started in Synth-DIY proper. It packs all the basic elements of modular synth design including a control voltage input into a relatively compact circuit. Released back in 1980 by Waveform Processing, the project has no formal technical support but remains […]
CHDK, or Canon Hacker’s Development Kit is an awesome thing. It allows Canon digital point-and-shoot owners access to a bunch of great ‘high-end’ features like raw capture, exposure bracketing, and even enabling you to run custom scripts. The software doesn’t make any permanent changes to your camera so there’s no risk of hardware ‘brickification’. Hack […]
For those unfamiliar, Dub sirens are simple, triggerable, electronic sound effects devices commonly used in Dub Reggae music for synthy accentuation and atmosphere. GetLoFi shares instructions on how to build your own dub siren box using an inexpensive sound effects keychain plus a few other simple parts for about twenty bucks. Great tutorial – demonstrates […]
