Focusfinder shows you how to make a light tent, using a bucket… “Improve your table-top photography dramatically, at almost no cost, by modifying a cheap, readily available plastic bucket. You can improve your own photos of small items quickly and easily, using exactly the same principles as professional photographers, but you don’t have to invest […]
MAKE reader Earl (and electronics for dummies co-author) sent in his latest project, a site devoted to understanding nanotechnology, have a look… “You might be interested in my new Understanding Nanotechnology Web site (www.understandingnano.com). The site focuses on clearly explaining the concepts behind nanotechnology applications in areas such as solar cells, sporting goods, medicine, and […]
Jason made a cardboard version of the iPhone to show how it sizes up against other devices… “Apple’s new iPhone looks like a thing of beauty. Widescreen touch interface, no buttons, runs OS X, useful widgets, integrated email, Google Maps, Google/Yahoo search, visual voicemail (see who voicemail is from before you call), SMS, Wifi, etc. […]
The duck factory we posted yesterday was a good start, but this LEGO car factory is amazing – Link. Thanks Sven!
Ralf writes – “You’ve been in a meeting and you thought somebody wasted your time with bla bla? There was an appointement and ten persons kept waiting for (an important) one who doesn’t care when he is frequently late? Here’s what you could enjoy meanwhile. This is inspired by this and this. Internally it uses […]
David made a spiffy function generator (second one we’ve seen in a week)… “An extremely simple and low cost Sine/Square wave generator based on the Analog Devices AD9835 Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS) Generator chip. The frequency can be set for any frequency from 1Hz to 10MHz in 1Hz resolution steps! All this with three push […]
In MAKE 07 the creator of MacGyver (Lee D. Zlotoff) challenged you to save a man stuck in a fissure filled with toxic gas, the winners have been selected! “My apologies for not posting the winners of the Makeshift Volume 07 challenge sooner. There was an exceptionally high number of entries, most of them fairly […]
