DIY Softbox
MrMonster shows you how to make a sub-$40 photography “softbox” for diffusing light – Link.
Month: August 2006
LED lighting install on a Scion tC
Phil writes – “Here’s a multi-step pictorial how-to on installing lights under your car for those “fast and furious” nights.” – Link.
LED flasher
Simple LED flasher project – “…LED flash circuit which is often used as the PIC software making practice. This circuit controls the blink of eight LEDs with the software of PIC. The blinking pattern can be changed with five switches.” [via] – Link. Related: 41 LED Flasher circuit using 555 IC – Link. Two transistor […]
DEFCON badge hacking contest (pictures)
Joe writes – “Here are some pictures from Black Hat and DEFCON that I just put up. The DEFCON badge hacking contest was a complete success and people ended up making some pretty cool things (with only 36 hours to do so). The Black Hat Briefings & DEFCON 14, 2006 – Link. DEFCON 14 Badge […]
Gloom-II – Mini-sumo robot (Modded Solarbotics Sumovore kit)
Mr_tentacle posted a bit about his new robot, the Gloom II – he writes “Gloom II replaces the original “Gloom”, which died of unknown causes. This is a Solarbotics Sumovore kit, which is a decent kit as these things go, but had a few issues, the biggest being a flawed trace on the main board […]
Mathematically optimum way of shoe lacing
Burkard Polster, of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia figured out the best ways to tie your shoes – Link.
Wood computer
Tom (High school student and MAKE reader) made this wood computer and documented the process from design to finish – Link.