New and Awesome on Make: Projects

New and Awesome on Make: Projects

Here is a sampler platter, culled from the vast array of project tutorials available over on Make: Projects. Help Make: Projects grow by adding your own tutorials.

Take a Hidden Picture

Make: Projects user kyleclements details how he built a piece of artwork that is seemingly a blank canvas, but actually, there are IR LEDs hidden behind the canvas. The IR LEDs are arranged in a secret design that is revealed by taking a digital photo. The digital camera sensors pick up the IR light that our eyes can’t see.

Speaking Hand Puppet from Recordable Greeting Card

Using a recordable greeting card, Michelle Min made a hand puppet for a friend’s 2-year-old nephew, living far away in Korea. When the puppet lifts its right arm, it says “Bosung!” (the nephew’s name) and plays some music.


Solar Laptop Device Charger

Instead of buying a laptop charging case for $200, make your own using this tutorial from Make: Projects user Matthew.

Cord Curling

“Coiling is a very elegant way of dealing with the problem of unsightly slack cables.” Sean Ragan explains how to curl cord using a heat gun and water.

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