Craig Hickman created this simple Arduino powered LED toy as an experiment in CNC machining. The case is made of clear plastic, which allows the viewer to marvel at his homemade Arduino board. The LEDs change flashing patters whenever the luminosity level dips below threshold. This lets you change patterns by passing your hand over […]
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This is a nice write-up on interfacing analog meters via USB. The project is fairly complicated, and you have to have good soldering skills to make it all work. Don’t forget, an Arduino can do this kind of thing, and it might be a little easier too! In a sort of retro mash-up, we’ll make […]
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The latest “Gadget Freak” from design news shows you how to make a remove telephone ringing indicator – You leave your cubicle to get a cup of coffee. You get a few feet and hear a phone ring. Is it yours? You dash back and nope, not yours. You head back for the coffee and […]
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Poul-Henning Kamp wants to track his natural gas usage. He knows that his meter has an impulse output port, but it is hidden inside the sealed meter. I know this wouldn’t stop a lot of our readers from figuring out how to use it, but he has a very clever, non-obtrusive solution, to the problem. […]
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I want to say this could be a cool remake, sorta – but I’m not sure how well this would be received – The Tempest Prognosticator, also known as the Leech Barometer, is a 19th century invention by George Merryweather in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small […]
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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Mleak writes – These are my testers for a project I’m working on using processed lunch meats etched with a laser cutter. Ultimately, I would like to show the entire process from animal to ambiguous pink slice of meat over the course of a package of lunch meat, beginning here […]
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