Wired has an article about a group of Makers who made their own portable radiation detector to patrol the San Francisco bay while we wait for gov get their detectors… 5 years from now – “The Department of Homeland Security announced plans last month to bolster U.S. port defenses with radiation scanners. The program, primarily […]
Nat over at our siste blog CRAFT has a good write up on these bags made from busted skateboards – “Focused in the UK makes unique looking handbags out of broken old skateboards. You can purchase these cool bags or you can sell them bits of your broken skateboard. The philosophy behind Focused from their […]
Wil @ Engadget has a good how-to on setting running network wiring around your home/biz – “Wherever you call home, it probably didn’t come wired up for that most precious of home utilities: internet access. Sometimes wireless networking can only take you so far. Guerrilla network wiring might sound a little strong, but sometimes it […]
The CrumleyFamily posted some build photos of their homemade wooden coaster bike in the MAKE Flickr photo pool they made (picture here, start and finish) – “About a year ago, Alli’s Mom pointed out a wooden coaster bike that would be a cool toy for Fuller someday. I had seen pictures of them before and […]
Spark Fun Electronics, one of our favorite Maker-electronics spots on the web has some new goodies… The HMC6352 – an all in one compass solution, new cameras for the GM862 cellular modules, the E700 camera breakout board (pictured here), hemostats and a igitally controlled 2A switch. – Link.
Here’s a neat gallery of hand carved nickels, called “Hobo nickels” – from Wikipedia – “The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, essentially resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The nickel, because of its size, thickness, and relative softness, was a favored coin for this purpose. However, the […]
TheOtherSimon has some pretty interesting camera mods to take panoramic photos, he writes – “Make a panoramic camera that shoots onto 2 frames of 35mm film out of a nimslo 3d stereo camera and an old Delmonta twin lens reflex. The Nimslo is a camera that has 4 lenses (count em) and was designed to […]
