The Most Useless of all Gifts
Of all of the MAKE projects, the Useless Machine always makes me the happiest.
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Technology
Holiday Gift Guide 2013: Robots
Give the gift of holiday robot cheer! The holiday season is as good as an excuse as any to buy some fun robot stuff. Whether you are looking for a cool robot toy (“It’s for the kids. Really, honey!”), the latest and greatest robot kits, exciting new parts for your next robot, or books to help you learn, this is the guide for you.
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Monitor Your Indoor Garden With Weekend Projects and the Potted Plant Protector
Build a basic three-sensor circuit for monitoring the health of your household plants. We’ll analyze the plant’s soil moisture, temperature, and the amount of light the plant receives.
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Turn it up to 11 With This License Plate Guitar Weekend Project
Homemade guitars are very popular here at MAKE, and the License Plate Guitar joins a long list of DIY resonator instruments. Build your own version and strum to the beat of a homemade sound with Weekend Projects!
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How-To: Recover Gold from Old Electronics
For the modern-day prospector the gold isn’t in them thar hills anymore, but it is in them thar flip phones, as this illuminating tutorial from Josehf Lloyd Murchison on recovering gold from old electronics demonstrates.
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From DeArmond to Photoresistors, the Optical Tremolo Box Looks and Sounds Great!
The Optical Tremolo Box was inspired by Charles Platt’s “Stomp Box Basics” article (MAKE Volume 15, page 82), which theorized using a light sensor to read patterns on a rotating disk to create a tremolo effect. Taking the project from theory to reality, MAKE Technical Editor Sean Ragan used a cadmium sulfide photoresistor to provide us with our light sensor. Watch the video to see – and hear! – this project in action.
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Deploy Weekend Projects to Send Sensor-Activated SMS Alerts
Cellular Sensor Sentinel is a fun and accessible way to explore basic sensors while simultaneously learning about core cellular protocols GSM & GPRS.
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