MAKE group member Leevonk shows how to make these nice looking (and sounding) hard drive speakers – Link. Related: Hard Drive Speaker System – Link. More hard drive speaker videos – Link. Things you can do with 20 hard drives – Link.
Good hack for controlling your spooky props, or anything that you want “motion sensitive” – “This is a great and inexpensive way to automatically activate haunted effects (pneumatic cylinders, lighting, sound effects, etc.). All you have to do is buy a motion sensor floodlight from your local hardware store for under $20.00 and a couple […]
These are really nice bookcases, complete reconfigurable, good ole’ tangrams! – Thanks Jake! – Link. Related: Make your own Tangram puzzle – Link.
CRAFT pool member Uproar posted up this fancy-smancy tarp dress! – “February 17, 2006. The outfit I designed for a charity fundraiser here in New Orleans to raise money for the America’s Wetland’s organization and other charities. Every garment in this fashion show and charity auction had to feature blue tarps as a prominent material!” […]
Knit yourself some beautiful chandelier earrings created by Jennifer Hansen, the amazing designer behind Stitch Diva Studios. Her work in crochet and knitting has an edgier fashion feel and these earrings are a great way for you to get started with knitting with wire. Check out the knit and crochet with wire tutorials to learn […]
Neat, I love what this Digg user wrote about PDFpad! – “Use it to plan your next project submission to MAKE magazine. Stumbled on this one at work. Allows you to print 7 types of graph paper in the comfort of your home home (Cartesian, Logarithmic, Engineering, Polar, Isometric, Hexagonal(for you AD&D folks), Probability) with […]
Here’s a super handy/easy circuit for making LED eyes blink for your Halloween gadgets and projects, Paul writes – “The eye blink circuit consists of a timer and light emitting diodes, which function as the eyes. The timer circuit for the blinking eyes is based on the 555 timer. Figure 1 illustrates the standard timer […]
