Trebuchet03 writes “Using some waste heat in from your engine bay to cook a meal on your way home. After I showed this to a few people, I found out that there is a book called “Manifold Destiny” on this very subject. I have not read it yet, but I’m told that there are quite […]
Remember all those cheap (under $10) MP3 players we posted up? Here’s the $6 16MB MP3 player taken apart and if you’re really motivated, you could likely pick up a new flash memory chips and upgrade it… I think it could make a good device for a talking sign or other project that needs audio… […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Photon posted up the build photos of a Nixie clock, check out each photo for solder by solder action – Link.
MAKE pal Everythingdigtal has his keyboard flashing to music, he writes – “Using an iTunes visualizer plugin from stewreo.de/keyboarddisco.html. I dimmed the backlight on the screen for better visibility of the keyboard, but the plugin can also flash the screen backlight with the music.” Link. Related: Keyboard disco – Link.
Here’s a good origami project – “Need a water balloon but got no balloon? Regular old paper and skills of a fold-ist will have you drenching your foes in no time, with stile to boot.” – Link.
Rtourn writes “We all have old phones. Why not turn them into an intercom for your kids tree house. Or turn two old cordless phones into home base walkie talkie. Here is how.” – Link.
Jschuch writes “So, the title of the eBay auction was “large rectifier”, and sure enough the photo showed a couple of what appeared to be large heatsinks with stud diodes inbetween them. Opening bid was $0.99, and the seller is near my house (a clearance business that moves thousands of ebay lots per day) so […]
