Month: June 2005

Here’s how to build a webcam that can be viewed and controlled from the web: user clicks on one of three links: left, center, right, a script written in PHP makes a socket connection to a listener program (written in C++) running on my home PC, indicating the direction of movement requested, the listener program executes one of three scripts (written in Visual Basic), one for each direction of movement, the Visual Basic script opens the COM2 serial port and sends one of three signals (L, C, or R)... read more.

You don’t need to wait for iTunes 4.9 to get podcasts through iTunes for your iPod! Badfruit is a plugin for iTunes (Windows) that allows you to browse thousands of podcasts right from iTunes 4.8. After downloading and installing BadApple, you will have a “Podcasts” link you can click on from iTunes. You can use this to browse through categories to find the Podcast you want. Each podcast has a description. Once you locate a podcast you are interested in, double clicking on the podcast will load it to your library. When you plug in your iPod the podcast will be loaded to that depending on your settings. Get it now before it’s C&Ded! [via] Link.

Dangerous Laboratories is a multi-dollar firm located in the Rocky Mountains. We specialize in do-it-yourself scientific, industrial, and alternative energy projects. Their site has a lot of interesting MAKE-like projects and information about biodiesel, lasers, power generation, radiation detection, drilling and more. Link.

This is for the Makers out there that made some kids. Homemade baby wipes. There are many places on the web where you can get recipes for homemade baby wipes on the web. This, however, may be the only one which suggests making them with large shop tools. I think it adds an interesting element of excitement and danger to an otherwise mundane task. Link.

Maker Ed writes- If you every wanted to build a CNC machine, this is the site for you. This is your one stop shopping for your dream machine. From a simple plotter to a laser engraver, you will get the info you need to build it. The site is forum based with over 13,000 members and every one of them make you feel at home. A complete easy to build set of plans from a chap named “jgro” are available in the downloads section to get you started. The materials can be bought at your local home center and can be built in a week or two depending on your skill level Link.

Sharon writes- Hi. I’m an American, living in Europe. I like to buy my DVD’s from America because they are in my language. I made sure that my DVD player is codefree so that I wouldn’t have a problem. Suddenly the American producers have added a new technology called RCE, whose sole purpose is to make it impossible to play American DVD’s outside of America. Anybody know how to modify a DVD player to get around that little bit of corporational nastiness? Any advice for Sharon while I research this?