A great kit will allow you to make something you probably wouldn’t make any other way. You are given all the parts, and then you assemble and finish. Musical instruments, with their exactness, fit into that category for me. Years ago I used this kit to make a simple dulcimer. It was easy to build, and beautiful to behold and hear. Link.
Photographer and media hacker Jacob Appelbaum sent word of a project from the New Orleans area. Today one of the better adhoc hacks I’ve seen came into town. Behold the glory of a lunch pail made into a low power FM station. Link. Read more about Jake’s and Joel Johnson’s “geek aid” efforts on their blogs.
If you’re around the San Francisco Bay Area, please stop by Dorkbot-SF this Wednesday evening. MAKE: Magazine editor/publisher Dale Dougherty will talk about the “Making of MAKE.” Dale will be joined by managing editor Shawn Connally, art director Kirk Von Rohr, and me, your trusty special projects editor. Spot Draves and Jon Phillips will also be presenting their work. The festivities will begin at Blasthaus beginning at 7:30pm… Link.
Make writer Dave Prochnow shares his experiences living though the Hurricane…By hooking a DC motor to the rear hub of my bicycle with appropriate gearing, I was able to generate a fairly consistent 8V-9V power supply (see Plan1.gif). Don’t take this activity lightly. I’m a vigorous cyclist and skater practicing 50-60 miles per week. Maintaining this amount of power for roughly 30 minutes required a significant effort on my part. As they say, your mileage may vary. Link.
John writes “If you have one of the hip Holga 120 ‘plastic-cams’ shooting 120 format film has it’s drawbacks, namely you can’t get it processed just anywhere. Well don’t dispaire, with a very small bit of work you can make a 35mm film adapter for it. Just need rubber bands and foam blocks (cardboard will do).BTW, this mod should work for most 120 cameras…” Link.
Great collection of camera hacks…Building a Car Camera Mount: A mount for getting in-car pictures and videos. Hacking Lenmar Mach 1 Speed Charger: Various battery power hacks using this cool charger. How to multiple expose with an APS camera: Want to try some creative imagery? How to re-use Kodak MAX One-Time-Use disposable camera? Let these step-by-step instruction show you how to turn disposable cameras into re-usable spy cameras. Link.
Mark writes “Well, after the “DIY iPod sock puppet” on MAKE:blog I thought it would be time for a “How to embroider a skull on a ipod sock”-how-to (btw, I was already busy with this embroidery-thing when I came across the brilliant ipod-sock-puppet)… Anyways, get yourself a ipod sock in true hax0rs-style! (but embroider what you like”. Link. Neat, that’s the logo I designed for Hack a day!
