I’ve used iButtons for a few projects (starting a car and parameter modding on a Segway) – electronics lab has a good how-to on making a lock with them – “In this project we will use iButton as a key to an electronic lock. This electronic lock can use many different kinds of iButtons and […]
Check out these incredible LED bicycle wheel animation using the SpokePOV kit. Mario scoring points, a running mouse, rock’em sock’em bots and Duck Hunt! – [via] – Link. Related: POV projects – Link. Light up animated Pac-Man bicycle wheels – Link.
Makers, let’s say you could only have 4-5 pages of important charts, formulas and references – what would they be? Here are a few to get you started… Resistor color code chart Capacitor code chart Key to schematic symbols Simple circuits to build Drill size conversions Screw measuring card Formulas to calculate areas and volumes […]
Black.horizons sent in how to make those cool “light pen” art & animated GIFs – ” 1) use a camera on a tripod. 2) set the lens to stay open for 15 seconds [less if its lighter, and the drawing is smaller] 3) use a lightpen, or alternatively use the “flash” that comes with most […]
Chebang writes – “I am so tired of paying for a new notebook. I never find exactly what I want. I run through about one notebook per month and I’d rather spend that money on a great new pen. So I thought, why not make my own? This tutorial will show you how to make […]
Formal Play writes – “I made this light table for use in burning screens with more accuracy. It is made from a flippped over Lego table with a large window pain resting on the now inverted four legs of the table. The table had the center removed to originally house a hanging bag for block […]
Ken writes – “Here are bicycle panniers made from a couple of dog-food storage containers and a lot of duct tape.” – Link.
