New versions of Monopoly will have a Visa branded card reader – that’s sorta interesting, but I’m guessing there is fun to be had with a cheap magstripe reader (assuming that’s what they’re using) we’ll see – Link. Related: MAKE 01 – Magnetic Stripe Reader – Link. Build a magstripe reader from scratch – Link.
Steve writes – “British smoothie manufacturer innocent are organising a music festival in London at the start of August, and as a publicity thing – showing the awesome power of the fruit they use – they created a huge battery out of oranges and lemons to power a fabulous retro radio and a little dancing […]
Plans from Modern Mechanix (1932) for building a “simplified electric picture transmitter” – “A COUPLE of sardine and salmon cans, a few bits of brass and several pieces of wood are all the materials that are needed to assemble an experimental but very practical picture transmitter and receiver. Two of each of the cans will […]
Peter writes – “Philip Stearns has hacked and circuit-bent a series of TI-99 home computers into glitchy art instruments, distorting the normal graphics output and triggering settings via onboard knobs and connected optical sensors pointed at the TV for live performance. He gigs live with it and sells old models as he makes new ones.” […]
Mister Jalopy posted up another great set of old covers from Popular Science / Popular Mechanics and other old science & how to magazines – including my favorite of all time, the towable helicopter Link.
John writes – “Making a silver coin into a pendant – I use 1964 or earlier silver coins and removed all traces of the original design. I use worn junk-bin coins I find at a local coin shop.” – Link.
MAKE pal Mark writes – “Well, my last project involved this Lucent WaveLAN-card I managed to cramp into my old iBook… But I bought a couple of them and now I did a write-up on how to get an eMate wireless with one of those cards” – Link.
