Inexpensive handheld braille writer made by students – “To help provide a low-cost communication tool for blind people, undergraduates at The Johns Hopkins University have invented a lightweight, portable Braille writing device that requires no electronic components. For a class called Engineering Design Project, four mechanical engineering majors were asked to produce such an instrument […]
From Popular Science’s How 2.0, homemade spy sub – “Some fathers and sons play catch. Electrical engineer Jason Rollette and his 12-year-old son Trevor are a little more ambitious. Hoping to explore the lakes and rivers near their Milwaukee home, they’ve built their own underwater remote-operated vehicle, or ROV. Controlled and powered by a laptop, […]
Voxphoto writes – “In the t-shirt laptop case shown in MAKE #06, on page 27, it looks like the laptop fits in long way round–but the way I made it, the dimensions work better this way…. End result: a soft pouch with three compartments, plus a pocket for the power brick. Keeps the dirt off […]
MAKE FLickr photo pool member Riccardomuccio writes – “Kirlian Photograph of a leaf. Many people say that this method of photography shows the ‘life force’ or ‘aura’ of the object. I say that it is corona discharge caused by high voltage ionisation of air and a few organic compounds. You can see the original leaf […]
Windell writes – “A few weeks ago I started a tiny contest, where the challenge was to come up with the best project idea involving supercapacitors. A number of regular Make forum participants submitted entries, and I suspect that a lot of the other (quiet) participants here would be interested to see some of the […]
If you every were thinking about making your own UAV (Unmanned aerial vehicle) our pals at Spark Fun now have a UAV development platform / flight system – “Who needs a UAV controller? Why, you do of course! A brain child of William Premerlani, this simple to use IMU + GPS control board will have […]
Jamie9999 writes – “Adapting an easily obtainable off-the-shelf storage case for use as a highly protective camera case, in this case, fitting a Canon SD-500, SD-400, or SD-550 perfectly. The resulting case is waterproof and protects the delicate camera from scratches and mild shocks (i.e. knocking over on table, banging around in your backpack/daypack). The […]
