Ben sent in his tremolo effects pedal that he made out of a couple of 4066 IC’s. The circuit has its limitations, since it is based on an LED chaser, but the overall effect is pretty cool. Ben is a long time reader, and a first time submitter to the MAKE blog. Let’s hope he […]
Forget the Macbook air, there’s a new lightweight portable in town – Join our new video Maker (Kip Kay) as he shows you how to turn a modified hardback book in to a PDA powered “laptop” with keyboard. MAKE 07 “Palm Pilot Notebook” & check it out in our digital edition too. [Editor’s note: Additional […]
Here’s a how-to on building a wearable gloved RFID reader for under $250 with minimal soldering. Pretty simple project for the Michael Jackson-glove inspired hacker in you. Creating A Basic Wearable RFID Reader – Link
From the MAKE Flickr pool There’s just something special about a matte black finish – Daniel put some pics of this professional-looking air cannon in the MAKE photo pool. Very nice work, looks like it could pack a major wallop! – Link Related: Dual-chambered air cannon – Link From the pages of MAKE: HOW TO […]
Here are some straightforward designs for a closed captioning + XDS data decoder – and the circuit is simple enough to assemble on a small piece of perfboard. Kevin explains more – This is a closed caption decoder that sends the captoin text to a computer via USB. Using a comptuer to display the captions […]
The website doesn’t offer a lot of details on the actual build, but there is a comprehensive parts list to get you started. I think most of our readers could figure out how to build it relatively easily, since most of the complicated parts were purchased. – Link Related: HOW TO – Build your own […]
You can explain to a child that listening to music at a high volume can cause hearing loss, but that doesn’t mean they will listen. Then again, you could make this neat little device and make them use it. The only problem? How do you get them to keep it plugged in? – Link
