HOW TO – Make a Mini S’mores Grill
AT ohdeedoh shows you how to make a mini sm’ores grill that’s safe to use indoors. Mmmm, I can smell the toasty marshmallow already.
Month: April 2008
Javascript marker clustering for Google Maps
Everyone who works with large data sets in Google Maps has come across the problem of displaying a bunch of markers in a small area. Not just an eyesore, displaying anything more than a hundred marker icons at a time can bog the browser down on a lot of platforms, Safari on PPC Macs delivering […]
Robot follows the light with a ping pong ball
This AVR-controlled autonomous robot is programmed to follow the brightest light in the room. It uses two wheels and a ping pong ball as a third wheel. Really simple components here and it runs on three AA batteries to sweeten the deal. Building an autonomous light finder robot
Micro sized electronic speed controller
The BitESC is the smallest speed/motor controller I have come across. It is designed to work with the motors from those tiny R/C cars we all bought at least one of, but now never use. Well, here is you chance to make a really tiny R/C plane The BitESC is a small electronic speed controller […]
Build your own electric guitar
Here is a nice instructable about making your own electric guitar. Actually, it is about making the body of an electric guitar, and attaching a ready-made neck and electronics. This instructable is really well documented and there are a lot of pictures and descriptions. How to : Make your own electric guitar Related: The Ikea […]
Build an MP3 player to challenge Apple
This homebrew MP3 player won’t make your iPod obsolete, but it’s still a cool hack using mpeg decoder ICs and an ATmega128 chip that reads data from an old 2.5″ laptop hard drive. There’s even source code at the link below. [via], MP3 Player with remote control construction
Portable NES that you can build
Usually these portable console designs don’t come with intricate how-tos. This “NESpV3” however, breaks the mold with really nice detail on how this object was built with everything from soldering tips to case design. This is the kind of project that gets us up in the morning to write for MAKE. NESp V3 – Time […]