HOW TO – Make video spy glasses
Simple mod on a cheap camera to make a pair of video/audio recording spy glasses – Link.
Month: February 2008
MAKE Interview: Modding consumer electronics devices into DJ tools with Gijs Gieskes
“Spinning beach ball of death” and “Loading PCB” – video, (Gieskes, 2007) Interview/Article by Jonah Brucker-Cohen In the illustrious world of case-mods and console hacking, artists and makers are re-inventing the design and function of these ubiquitous consumer electronics devices by creating hybrid systems and creative artifacts that challenge the corporate status quo. Taking this […]
End of the weekend – Watch the Weekend Projects Podcast!
If you didn’t get a chance to try out laser graffiti, make sure to watch this week’s weekend project and start pulling your resources together to get a laser, computer, projector, and go out and create some awesome light graffiti! – Video Link If you decide to do it, you’ll want to check out the […]
Umbra concept store – 3D printing
Alex writes – My name is Alex and I’ve been following MAKE for the past year now and have really enjoyed everything the magazine and website have to offer. Today when my fiance and I were out running some errands in downtown Toronto we wandered into the Umbra Concept Store and after looking around for […]
HOW TO – Make and use conductive glue and thread
Instructable on how to make your own conductive fabrics, thread, glue, and tape, and then use them to make potentiometers, resistors, switches, LED displays and circuits. Conductive Glue And Conductive Thread: Make an LED Display and Fabric Circuit That Rolls Up. – Link Related: Soft-Circuit LED Bracelet on Make: Projects
Zip tie ring
Stunning zip tie ring, and likely a good project to (re)make if you’re in to casting your own jewelry – [via] Link. Update: Colleen suggests the following statement about this project – “This ring by the artist Metalnat is a good example of jewelry made from everyday objects. Reusing or purposing a disposable item and […]
Plate mail butchers apron outfit…
Kaden (author of Eccentric Cubicle) wrote in with a charming tale of something he made for his wife… Heya, Phil… Lemme tell you about my wife. I met Kaia ‘The Sourceress’ Howe about 10 years ago. The woman has more cool stuff than any 5 humans have a right to own, and a tool fetish […]
