I really like the old Intel Play microscopes, you can find them on eBay for $20. They really weren’t meant to work on Macs, but you can grab this tool (miXscope) and you’re pretty much good to go. While the microscope isn’t professional grade, it does have 3 zoom levels and a light, so I […]
This week at Treehugger: We dig into to our archives and find some hidden DIY gems. A chair made completely from recycled rulers. Converting your car to harness the power of cooking grease. And, grow a DIY hydroponic garden. Recycled Red Ruler Chair Who knew rulers could be so cool? Dorothy Spencer uses more red […]
They weren’t kidding! Here it is – a Flash / SWF render / player for the PSP, made for, and by, the PSP homebrew community! – “The current version supports most action script through version 7 and runs on 1.5 only. We are currently testing for 2.x PSPs and will announce when it is working […]
This week at Treehugger -Learn how to build your own wind-powered generator. Finding new life for dead fluorescents. And, how to build your own lightweight camping stove. DIY Wind Power TreeHugger reader and former DIY Eco-Tech Contestant (which was sponsored by MAKE) Ben Jandrell is sharing his technical prowess with the world. His new venture, […]
Napoleon Dynamite – “This is pretty much the best bend ever.” Switch activates looping and knob adjusts pitch.
MAKE pal Amal Graafstra’s book RFID toys is shipping! The book covers how to build RFID enabled projects and solutions and touches briefly on what others are doing with RFID, including implantable RFID tags. Link to book – our previous interview, and as a special treat, Amal sent us some photos of his recent RFID […]
Remember that $35 GPS we posted about? Some Makers out there started to get theirs and are taking them apart – and MAKE reader “TheBigGroundhog” got it working…Flickr set of photos – Link. Getting it to work: From the MAKE comments – Maker TheBigGroundhog writes — Just got mine working today, and I was a […]
