HOW TO – Remove a stripped screw or bolt
Joe writes – “Need to remove a stripped screw or bolt? This is one of the many ways to do it, only requires a dremel.” – Link.
Year: 2006
Tiny flyer navigates like fly
Our pals over on Discovery have a write up about a little fly-inspired plane – “An ultralight autonomous aircraft that mimics the navigational abilities of a fly could one day become a real fly on the wall. The 10-gram microflyer, being developed by a team of researchers lead by Dario Floreano at the Swiss Federal […]
Apple mouse utility for Windows
Have an Apple one button mouse and using Bootcamp? This might be for you! – “Are you using a 1 button Apple mouse under Windows? Than this utility is the solution for you! By holding the Control key while this utility is running, the mouse button will act as the right mouse button instead of […]
RFID Robot
Clever idea, I think you could make your our RFID reminder bot with RFID Toys too – “DNP and NICT developed a RFID-based memory assistant that alerts a person if she is leaving her house without carrying the things she will need.” – [via / via] Link (Japanese).
How bricks are made
Pat writes – “This week’s video comes to us courtesy of the South Carolina Educational TV Network. We found them because they produced a video for one of our member companies. We got a bunch of videos from them this week which we’ll parse out over the coming weeks and months. This one takes place […]
HOW TO – Manufacture your own PCBs
Refik writes – “This is a little description and a how to make your own professional PCB (printed circuit boards) cheaply. It will help the newbie to get started and a professional to make his own embedded devices. The costs of this PCB were 20$, what’s cheap for a pro PCB.” – Link. Related: Eagle […]
MAKE – See us on YouTube
Yay! MAKE is in the new “Director” group on YouTube, so we’ll have a lot of new videos to check out soon – for now, check out our visit to Squid Labs! (Testing out a new YouTube feature…). Oh, AND – If you’re a Maker out there with video that you’ve made – join our […]