Month: April 2007

Maker Faire: Kite Aerial photography

Maker Faire: Kite Aerial photography

For anyone who likes kites and photography, make sure to check out MAKE author Cris Benton’s demonstrations of Kite Aerial Photography at the Faire: Who needs satellite photography? Get a kite’s-eye view of what’s happening down below. See how you can make your own aerial photography apparatus at home. Cris Benton will illustrate the evolution […]

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AVR based RPM meter for cars

Here’s a cool AVR based RPM meter for cars, Bitman writes – I got an idea of making a digital RPM-meter for my car. First I made a filter and used to test my code with a dev-board. Pulse comes straight for cars rpm-meter. CAR: Honda Civic 1988 Dual Carburetor MCU: Mega32 The layout is […]

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MAKE firetruck – Help us mod it, hack it and name it!

MAKE firetruck – Help us mod it, hack it and name it!

We have some great suggestions from the “MAKE firetruck” – Help us mod it, hack it and name it post/forums – But we need more! It’s a 1981 Mercedes Benz 508D Diesel Doka fire truck! It has 47,274 kilometers, a heavy duty military/commercial grade 6-cylinder diesel with a 5-speed manual transmission. It has two bucket […]

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