MAKE pal, muse, and contributing editor Mr. Jalopy has an awesome-looking variety store in LA called Coco’s. The store has a blog. Coco’s Variety sells flyswatters, glass 5 gallon water bottles, headache remedies, oil cloth by the yard, used bicycles, California souvenir tablecloths, Kit Kat Klocks, gum ball machines, Mexican Cokes in glass bottles, squirt […]
Here’s a cool hack that demonstrates how to use the accelerometer inside a Wiimote to control an RC car. Watch the video for details… Wii HACK – Wiimote RC-Car Control – [via], Link
YouTube has been testing higher bitrate encodings of it videos, which you can see if you add a &fmt=8 or &fmt=16 to the video url. Historically, all videos have been delivered to the lowest common denominator: sorenson encoded 320×240. By adding &fmt=6 to the URL, the video is served up in 448×336 resolution and I’m […]
While doing research on a Make: Books project, I came across this awesome site of engineering information covering materials, design, processes, engineering formulas and math, all sorts of delectable goodies. The site has the unfortunate name eFunda (I thought it was an online lender or something). It stands for “Engineering Fundamentals.” EFunda prides themselves on […]
Erin tips us off to this great zippered wristlet tutorial by Javajem, which uses a nice mixture of linen and cotton fabrics. Link. Related: • Wristlet Tutorial – Link. • Wristlet Clutch Purse Tutorial – Link.
“Volumen”, a giant graphic equalizer built by Argentinian artist, Sergio Avello relays the ambient urban noise levels around the Redgaleria in Buenos Aires. Pretty intense way of visualizing the constant buzz of the city, plus nice shots of the internal circuits at the below link. Viewbook | ((( VOLUMEN ))) – Link
The Suntory is able to propel itself through the water using only the energy found in waves. It is an interesting concept, lets hope it can be scaled up to make shipping more environmentally friendly and cheaper. There are other means of free energy out at sea, just look for the big white sails. – […]
