Month: July 2008

Applause machine

Dug North writes in – When the you push the button, The Applause Machine claps it’s hands for you. The Applause Machine is a motorized automaton designed by Martin Smith that will be widely available in September of 2008. The piece is constructed of coated steel, brass, Walnut, plastic and a small motor. It measures […]

What you’re reading in MAKE 14

What you’re reading in MAKE 14

Here are the most read articles in MAKE: Volume 14, on newsstands now! 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 […]

LEGO record player

Jason writes– A paper cup, a sewing needle, and a simple LEGO Mindstorms robot make for a nice little record player. This might be a fun project to work on with the kids this 4th of July weekend. You know they’ve been wondering about the boxes of vinyl frisbees in the basement. Aside from anything […]

Crawling AJAX

Traditionally, a web spider system is tasked with connecting to a server, pulling down the HTML document, scanning the document for anchor links to other HTTP URLs and repeating the same process on all of the discovered URLs. Each URL represents a different state of the traditional web site. In an AJAX application, much of […]

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the CRAFT Flickr Pool we saw: Soft Guitars Utz Bag Pocket Handmade Mary Janes And here are a few of my favorite shots from the week: Purple Paisley Paramecium Party Flat Cow Coaster Prunus Cerasus Freeform Crochet Necklace Tape Measure Brooches Bird Houses with Vintage Papers Breakfast Face Cushion George Michael Pillow […]