Here’s a great easy project on making a window valance from Randi’s “I Have to Say” blog. From Randi, “Valances are an inexpensive and easy way to cover a window and add color to a room. I made some for my craft room and, including the curtain rod, they only cost me $12.00 and an […]
Here’s a DIY MOD player you can build (MOD is sorta like a MP3, popular in the 80’s with Amiga computers) – “TRAXMOD is a small digital audio player using the Philips LPC2103 ARM7TDMI-S high speed microcontroller chip (prior versions were based on Microchip dsPIC DSPs). Currently, the ARM port can play raw wave audio […]
Gsport george writes – “We recently moved into a new house (OK a year ago now..) which needs a huge amount of work doing… obviously the various bits of joinery will be a lot easier if I have a proper space to work in and a nice big bench…. Or at least that is my […]
Aw man, this TEAC GF-350 Turntable/CD-Recorder/Radio is almost awesome – it’s a record player that can record to CD, but according to the review it has some wonky DRM (Serial Copy Management System) on the CDs, requires “special” CDs, doesn’t have audio outputs and doesn’t seem to automatically make tracks so well — that’s too […]
Kristen Rask is a crafter and owner of Schmancy a cool toy store in Seattle. It also doubles up as a gallery space for the upcoming October 6 – Nov 2 show, Plush You. Plush You has garnered so much attention that Kristen recently just signed a book deal, so look for a Plush You […]
William writes – “I did a review of Microbric’s Viper Robotics Development kit. It’s a very inexpensive kit for what you get – a Basic Atom motherboard, two high quality gear motors, various sensors and building blocks” – Link. Related: Robotics archives – Link. Robotics projects Link. Kit kit kits – Link.
Victor writes – “Public Broadcast Cart is a shopping cart outfitted with a dynamic microphone, a mixer, an amplifier, six speakers, a miniFM transmitter and a laptop with a wireless card. The audio captured by the microphone on the cart is fed through the mixer to three different broadcast sources.” – Link. More: Build your […]
