In my small business I needed to weigh medium to large items and boxes on a floor scale for shipping. Rather than pay way too much for an industrial model, I used a digital bathroom scale. I found it to be close enough for the rough accuracy I required when over 15lbs (7kg), as well […]
This is an interesting DIY tachometer with some unusual features for the R/C enthusiast. Generally tachometer is a gauge to measure rotation speed of any rotating things. In RC hobby tachometer is the instrument for measuring and monitoring propeller revolutions per minute (RPM). This tachometer has some additional functionality like: thrust, pitch speed and power […]
5 big piano keys and some circuit bending, that’s all the information available about this piece by Michael Robson. If you want to learn more about it, you could always buy “Big Daddy”, since it is for sale at the Suite 100 gallery in Seattle Washington. – [via] Link
I bought one of these types of flashlights while back, but making one would have been a lot cooler. This version has a clear plastic housing so you can see all the magnets and wires and diodes, oh my! The web site has a lot of great pictures of the build, and all the information […]
These are some of the nicest DIY telescopes I have ever seen. You have to take a look through the site to see the level of detail and amazing craftsmanship that goes into each piece. Dave’s machining skills are really amazing. He even created a machine to polish his own mirrors. – Link Related: DIY […]
I know, why not use USB? Well, a lot of time you could, but many people still use RS232 connections for for programming micro-controllers. Recently I needed a simple adapter to program and AVR, and this is what I found. – Link You could always buy a USB – TTL cable in the MAKE store […]
Gareth @ MAKE writes: Somebody clandestinely snapped these pics of Buddha heads carved out of phone books at the recent TED conference (where cameras are forbidden). More photos – Link.
