A deployed US solider (somewhere in the Middle East) was looking for an electronics project to do with his team, he writes in… We received the four MintyBoost kits a couple of days ago. In preperation for a longish mission we have coming up, several of the guys were interested in building them sooner rather […]
Park tool has a pretty some good how-tos on fixing your bike: Getting the length of your chain or brake line right, installing a new set of tires, etc… Link. More: Bicycle projects & more @ MAKE – Link. MAKE 11: Our special “DIY Wheels” section brings you plans for making a mobile drive-in movie […]
Hacked QWERTY keyboard for triggering simple “tap lights” that then kick off loops in Live on a laptop, thanks Grandpa! – Link.
Here’s a recap from the last “ETSY Labs, Create Digital Music & MAKE” music night over @ ETSY’s new Storque site… Link. Don’t forget this week *Thursday* the 27th we have another @ 8 PM!
We’ve covered Bathsheba Grossman’s amazing 3D/geometric artwork in our book Makers, Maker Faire and here on MAKE so it was a delight to see her latest works are now being sold in Edmund Scientifics. Congrats Bathsheba! Related: Astronomy star and science crystals at Scientifics – Link. Make Podcast: Bathsheba Grossman’s geometric art – Link. Maker […]
Some newer-ish stuff @ the Maker store — The Designing Automata Kit is great value and fantastic quality. No glue or tools are required, and you will learn about simple mechanics using cams and a crank slider mechanism. Many different designs can be made, and the kit used over and over again. Produced in Thailand […]
Here’s a quick command-line hack that you can run on your Windows boxes to see if there are any unsavory apps running in the background and making internet connections without your knowledge. Just run the following to trace applications which are opening sockets while you’re not using the machine: Start->Run->cmd netstat -b 5 >activity.txt (In […]
