Make:it – Magnetic Sculpture Kit
Join me, won’t you? as I explore the trials and tribulations which comprise the process best described as – Building the Magnetic Sculpture kit. In the Maker Shed: Magnetic Sculpture Kit
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DIY: Rotational molding
This seems like a fairly inexpensive and easy way to get into making your own hollow cast parts. Unfortunately there isn’t a how-to, but between this video, and the “related” post below, you should be able to make your own. If there is enough interest from our readers I could always do a “Build: Your […]
14 3D printers
Here’s a pretty good round up of 14 3D printers via Fabbaloo. Tim writes – In the last few years Rapid Prototyping(RP) has become more automated and much cheaper. Machines suitable for offices and academic environments have appeared on the market and have been christened 3D Printers. A range of different RP technologies exist and […]
Voice of Saturn synth kits
The Voice of Saturn synthesizer modules are available as basic (and bendable) complementary kits with control voltage connections. Description of the VoS synth – Loosely based on the Atari Punk Console with some custom tweaks and an LFO front end, this box makes a ridiculous amount of different sounds (mp3 coming soon), all from three […]
Game of Life – An electronics kit
In 1970, John Conway came up with a 1-player game called Game of Life. The Game of Life is a mathematical game that simulates ‘colonies’ that grow or die based on how crowded or lonely they are and is known for the way it creates a beautiful organic display out of randomness. MAKE presents the […]
Freeduino SB
The ‘duino variants keep a rollin’ on in – The Freeduino SB from Solarbotics/ HVWTech features – USB Mini jack(optional type B), pads for an ARef trimpot, and a much appreciated power switch. The board comes as a kit with all SMD parts already mounted. Good to see a switch finally grace an Arduino board. […]
More details on the Maker’s Notebook
O’Reilly’s FYI Blog contest to give away a Maker’s Notebook is over. 22 people posted ideas of what they’d do with their book or to improve their book. Several of the ideas for improvements are already included: 1. Several people mentioned rulers. The Maker’s Notebook has inches and metric rulers on the book’s end papers. […]
