ThinkGeek has a super-cute DIY Music box kit via NOTCOT. Music boxes came to prominence in the 19th Century, but their history dates back a few hundred more years. You see, there was this bell ringing dude who got tired of all the hard work. So, he decided to engineer a device to make his […]
Moldmaking by Adam Savage. How the pros replicate objects. Page 160 – MAKE 8. Read this article now in the MAKE digital edition. Or get MAKE 08 as part of The Second Year from the Maker store and/or subscribe to MAKE (use code CMAKE for $5 off USD). You can view all our in depth […]
Yes, this is another drum machine, but I couldn’t help myself. This one listens and repeats the rhythm that the user plays. The whole thing is made from a Lego NXT and what appears to be Lollypops for mallets? More about the Lego NXT robot drum machine Related: The Drum machine robot
Nat writes – Jennifer of Naughty Secretary Club has a fun how-to project on how to make a faux No Time watch.
Jay writes – I tied a disposable camera to a bench with a sign that read: Good afternoon, I attached this camera to the bench so you could take pictures. Seriously. So have fun. I’ll be back later this evening to pick it up. Love, Jay / The Plug When I retrieved the camera that […]
Here’s a crafty solution to noisy hard disks: suspend it with elastic! Jason @ HACKS tipped us off to this silencing technique. From Silent PC Review: As the pictures show, the drive is essentially suspended on the stretched elastic. The resilience of the elastic stops all vibrations from passing from the drive to the case […]
The first wave of entries for our “Make a Cylon” contest have started to roll in – looks like we’re in for a wide variety of work with this one – and in case you haven’t heard yet, Flickr now does video! This is great timing for the Cylon contest – those LED visors don’t […]
