Manual orrery from ornaments
Member csf0137 shares these pics of a simple planetary model made with holiday ornaments – nice use of common nuts and bolts in the design! – Link Related: Amazing orrery – Link Lego Orrery – Link
Year: 2008
Laser beam alarm system
Kip Kay has a new video and Instructable on building a laser-beam-triggered alarm system. I don’t know that I’d want to rely on such a thing for actual security, but it might be a fun project nonetheless. Protect Your Home with Laserbeams! – Link
Bamboo aerial photography
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member D Olinick got this shot by attaching his camera to a 15 foot long bamboo pole with a coat hanger – Link You can find many others using similar strategies in the Flickr PAP(pole-aerial-photography) pool – Link From the pages of MAKE: Kite aerial photography in MAKE:01, p.50 – […]
Revell Make ‘n Take day
Revell announced there own version of a meet-up called the Make ‘n Take. This time you, and your kids, can build a Camaro concept car kit. Here is the official announcement from Revell: Revell will hold the first national Make ‘n Take Day on March 8, 2008, a promotion that will allow young or first […]
DIY CD changer
Nophead made this awesome seven-shelf cd changer, which he just retired (all his cds are ripped as mp3s, now) to make more space in his workshop. Documentation is better late than never! – [via] Link.
3D images floating in the air
Taking a clue from every Sci-Fi flick ever made, Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has developed a method of projecting three-dimensional images in the air. The system reflects laser light off of mirrors, and focuses that light into a point in the air using a plasma emission phenomenon. The result […]
BBB Contest at GO-Tech
Attention Michigan makers – GO-Tech is running a contest based on Bare-Bones-Board Arduino clone. Dale, of GO-Tech, shares more details – We’re having a BBB Contest at the March 11 GO-Tech meeting in Ann Arbor, MI. Bring projects based on the BBB, the Arduino-clone board that many of us built at the January GO-Tech meeting. […]