Boing Boing Gadgets points us to this fascinating piece from the January 1949 issue of PopSci for a consumer radio that sports color-coded components that can be easily swapped out by the user. A harbinger of the consumer electronics revolution to come. In fact, it was SO easy to repair that even “Mother Could Fix […]
While checking inbound links to his Steampunk Workshop, MAKE pal Jake von Slatt stumbled on this amazing steampunk casemod on a Polish modding forum. Really amazing, with needle guages, lots of lighting F/X, a porthole with clockworks inside, and lots of old school plumbing hardware. Not sure how much of it is functional and how […]
Mister Disc is a portable record player – Link. It’s sorta like a Sound Burger – Link.
Farmer grows pumpkins with human faces, Popular Science 1938 – Link. Related: Halloween @ MAKE – Link. DIY Halloween photo pool – Link. MAKE Halloween, order now! – Link.
Here’s a giant collection of old magazine articles, a few maker-like magazines are in there too. Three Drink Minimum (Popular Mechanics, 1912) — “In a desperate effort to stimulate egg production, a French poultry farmer turns his chickens into drinking buddies.” Ok, maybe not that one exactly…- [via] Link.
From MiniatureBrainwave: Husband and wife team – Angel Tan and Justin Volpe created this steampunk piece for the custom Bart Simpson art exhibit held at theshowroomnyc this weekend. Known as the B.A.R.T. (Biomechanical Artificial Roving Terrain), this work is a shoutout to the steampunk esthetic. Steampunk Bart Simpson – Link Related: Steampunk coverage on MAKE: […]
jmluber writes in with another radio project – In the old days, people used radios that used a germanium diode (crystal radio) to receive am radio without the need for a battery (the radio wave powers this type of radio). This site modernizes that concept by showing you how to build a shortwave radio that […]
