Our pal Greg from DIY live sent in this article he wrote trying to differentiate the difference between AC and DC motors and generators – “I ran across some cool pages while studying about AC vs. DC motors. I was interested in taking a small DC motor, and connecting a propeller to it. I want […]
Here’s a pretty funny DIY costume from the surreal comic The Flaming Carrot, RoG at i-Mockery writes… “The Flaming Carrot is probably my favorite comic book character ever (though “The Tick” definitely ranks right up there too). He’s just got a wonderful way with words and the comic books are just bizarre enough for me […]
This paper TV has way better shows than regular ole’ TV…. Stane writes – “Here’s my papercraft TV set with a film strip of selected frames from a movie. The strip is wrapped arround two pencils. As you turn the pencils film scrolls over the screen. I have done versions for three movies so far. […]
ThinkGeek has a pretty cool robot that works with Macs/PCs/Linux and the robot firmware source code, written in GNUARM-compatible C, is available under open source (GPL) release – “Explore the dangerous terrain of your home or office with the SRV-1 Mobile Robot. This palm sized bot packs tank-like treads, a 32-bit ARM processor and a […]
The day is here! CRAFT Magazine is now available for you to buy on newsstands. So head on over to your favorite magazine stand and pick yourself up a copy of CRAFT! also available at Barnes & Noble, Borders, JoAnn Fabrics, Michael’s Craft Stores, and more.- Don’t want to venture outside? Subscribe! Use the MAKE4CRAFT […]
Did you know that the MAKE Controller can easily drive a floppy disk head positioning stepper motor? Yup, it can – Nelson is kicking butt with a new MAKE controller project and shows you how, he writes – “This is the second in a series of postings about the Makezine controller. The first one was […]
Spluch says, “These unique and realistic paintings by stone and pastel artist Suzi Chua are simply amazing! I’ve never thought that painting can bring so much “life” to such ordinary stones.” Don’t miss the food stones — they look good enough to eat! Link.
