“Combining old-fashioned crafters with forward-thinking technorati, fashionistas, and mad scientists of all stripes, the Maker Faire is a hands-on celebration of all things DIY brought to life by Make magazine.” — The Onion Buy tickets now and save! Discount ticket sales end on April 25th, 2008. Maker Faire returns! Booming DIY fest expects record crowd […]
Here are the most read articles in MAKE 1 – 12! If you’re a MAKE subscriber, you get the digital edition for free – MAKE Digital Edition is a vivid replica of the print edition of MAKE, it offers an experience very much like the print magazine plus many additional benefits, such as online searching, […]
Electrick made this interactive LED candle. It uses an Arduino and a simple aluminum foil switch to control the flickering. There are more photos and the code on the web site. The LED glows, but when I blow across a simple little switch I tossed together, the LEDs flicker like a candle does when you […]
A fume extractor uses an activated carbon filter and fan to remove the smoke, and noxious fumes, created from soldering. The average price of a small hobby version is about $100, this one will run you about $10. This fume extractor will not be as effective as a larger one, but it is better than […]
Linus Ã…kesson made this amazing robot to clean out his kitchen chimney. In the end, the chimney was clean, and the kitchen fan worked once again. The claw hangs from a long cable, providing power and a control signal to the servo. At the other end of the cable is a plastic box with a […]
David sent in this cool AVR project called “Craft”. It uses an AVR microcontroller to make 80’s type computer graphics and music. If you just can’t wait to hear the awesome music, skip to 1:00 in the video. All the schematics and lots more pictures are on the web site. Having successfully built a soundchip […]
Our friend Jake von Slatt sent in this remake of a telegraph sounder: A kind fellow sent me these step by step instructions for building a telegraph sounder that closely resembles the classic brass and iron sounders of yore – only this one is a re-make with wood that can be accomplished with simple hand […]
