Year: 2005

More wall art made from book text…

More wall art made from book text…

9Ee75413Ca3799C7A4Eafde9.ThumbMcWhizzleteeth has a follow up how-to on making two-tone text for wall posters made from the text of books – “The “Origin of the Species – wall hanging” project makes a nice use of opacity masks in Illustrator, embedding an image in a field of text by changing the opacity throughout. But pulling this off can be difficult to figure out. This guide will run you through the steps to embed an image in a field of text merely by changing the opacity of the text itself.” Link.

The Rocketeer’s Toolbox

The Rocketeer’s Toolbox

Pin Tube Ever wanted to know what’s in a Rocket Maker’s toolbox? Stefan shows you! “Estes Industries, the 44 year old model rocket company, is now publishing its newsletter, “Model Rocket News,” as a webzine. The current issue includes a piece I wrote called “The Rocketeer’s Toolbox.” It features numerous photos of well-used items from my own toolbox.” Link.

Modded Xbox 360

Modded Xbox 360

112905 118 SmallThat was quick, meet one of the first modd’ed Xbox 360s complete with – a window mod, 4″ cold cathode, 12V fan mod (increase air flow), Silver and blue paint scheme, Blue ring of light, 60GB laptop drive upgrade (this is in addition to the 20GB normal 360 drive both can be, accessed from the dashboard and the upgrade drive can be updated with media from a PC) [via] Link.

Video podcast tour of Squid Labs

Video podcast tour of Squid Labs

65783762 Cb6Dfc7C3A SThe MAKE team visited Squid Labs in Emeryville, CA – Squid Labs designs chips, electronics, robotics, materials, embedded systems, manufacturing processes as well as recently launching Instructables. Saul Griffith was kind enough to give us a tour of their work shop, fab lab and some of their projects. We’re trying this out as an iPod video podcast, check the comments for other versions too Link to M4V (iPod video). To get our videos and audio sent automatically to your PC/Mac with iTunes click here and click SUBSCRIBE.

Overheated consoles not really new…

Overheated consoles not really new…

64Airship reminds us that overheated new gaming systems, like the Xbox 360s aren’t really that new, take a trip down console gaming past…“Early Commomdore 64s had a similar problem with overheating brick power supplies. Commodore ended up beefing up the power supply dramatically. In the meantime, a healthy 3rd party market sprang up for replacement power supplies. Maybe Microsoft is just trying to stimulate the growth of 3rd party support for the Xbox?” Link.

Sonic teenager repellant

Sonic teenager repellant

29Repelle.1841This guy invented a device that he says emits sounds only young people can hear – it’s used to chase them away and stop them from doing bad things. Nooo!! Not the Ludwig Van, and the dreaded Ninth Symphony! “Howard Stapleton, inventor of the Mosquito, with a speaker mounted on the wall behind him, at a store in Barry, Wales, where boisterous teenagers once gathered. The device projects a very shrill and very annoying tone that only youths can hear. Then they flee.” Thanks Nick! Link.