From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member MissionControl writes – I made this sun jar as a birthday present for my sister-in-law using a gutted solar landscape light, a glass jar from IKEA, and some glass frosting spray (following this example). I also upgraded the 600 mAh Ni-Cd battery that came with the light to […]
John sent us his flickr set that shows you how to make these really nice Breadboard Power Connectors. Thanks John! Inspired by a couple of posts on the Make magazine website, I made up a set of leads to connect my bench power supply to a solderless breadboard. I used a couple of old 8-pin […]
A creative enclosure for an atari punk console, exudes the healing powers of stepped tone generation – I found this pill capsule because someone in my house needs horse pills, evidently. I basically drilled the holes, used Epoxy to secure the battery holder to the speaker, and crammed everything in there. I love one night […]
Janne writes about – Helmer, a linux cluster in a IKEA Helmer cabinet… 3D computer rendering are very CPU intensive and the best way so speed up slow render problems, are usually to distribute them on to more computers. Render farms are usually very large, expensive and run using ALLOT of energy. I wanted to […]
Instructables user engineerable hacked a couple of bike lights to embed in his backpack, and he documented the process in an instructable so you can see how to make your own bike light backpack. Related: Bikes @ MAKE Turn signal bike jacket
Check out this carpet keyboard by Maurin Donneaud. It uses an Arduino board to gather input from the perforated foam contact switches which are activated by stepping on them! Via Ladyada AND Hack-a-day.
This website doesn’t have any text, but it does have some excellent pictures on how to make your own roof camera mount. Other than the actual camera mounting, the project seems fairly simple. Make a Roof mount for you camera Related: DIY Jib Arm, Boom or Crane
