Floppy Space Invader
Here’s a neat idea – use those old 5 1/2″ floppies and make some Space Invader art – Link.
Month: July 2006
ECU macro assembly
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Whiteoakart’s DIY macro set up – “Ingredients: Fabricating a system for extreme close-up. PVC tube connector: 64 cents. Clip-on LED: $6.99. Lens from broken Olympus Stylus: free. Masonite: free. Screw: free (Pictured here) The complete setup. The clip can swivel a bit to get a better angle and, of course, […]
Dual hard drive FX generator
Sean Harrison dual hard drive FX generator – “I had been looking around the net and found the Hard Drive Laser Oscilloscope over at Hacked Gadgets and thought about trying to make one using two hard drives to give horizontal and vertical beams. So rather than an oscilloscope it would give me some funky visuals […]
WebEE (electronic engineering) tutorials
Here are a ton of tutorials (and links to resources) on getting starting with making electronics projects… – Link. As always, if there are more/better ones – post on up in the comments.
Make your own Coca-Cola
The Guardian has some background (and the recipe) of a DIY Coca-Cola effort in the UK – “On a kitchen table two young women have assembled a variety of items. There are brown bottles, bags of white powder, a pestle and mortar, a collection of funnels, a roll of silver gaffer tape. There is a […]
The Unidyne mic case mod
ExtremeTech’s fifth winner in their case mod competition, Jeffrey Stephenson – “The Unidyne PC is my tribute to the Shure Model 55 Unidyne microphone, also known as “The Elvis Mic.” The body of the computer is made of basswood finished with an industrial aluminum paint. The base is a full-size microphone stand that has been […]
Culture of repair
Culture of repairing things, in other places around the world… – “What sets these locations apart from cities in more ’emerged’ markets? Aside from the scale of what’s on sale there is a thriving market for device repair services ranging from swapping out components to re-soldering circuit boards to reflashing phones in a language of […]
