I found this interesting instructable about making a postal scale from old CDs. The completed scale seems accurate enough for most peoples needs. Check out the link for more information about the build, including how to accurately calibrate the final scale using quarters. More about making a Postal scale from old CDs
Gang, today is the last day to enter “The SPEAK VISUAL contest at the NVIDIA Modification Station with MAKE” – You can check out all the entries here or the slideshow above… It’s really easy, finish up your mod, add your photos (tagged with modificationstation) or just enter some digital designs… Rules & more here.
Last week during the inauguration “makers” were mentioned by name – we received hundreds of emails, tweets & IMs asking us if we heard that (and if our new president was a MAKE subscriber). Here’s part of the quote… Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things – some celebrated but […]
Happy Chinese New year, it’s the year of the ox – 2009 is year of the ox – according to the Chinese calendar, the ox is an animal that brings prosperity through hard work. The outgoing Rat symbolises “wealth”. I’m happy to jettison the celebration of stupid, we are what we celebrate, good or bad […]
Stitchy Stitcherson recently shared pictures of a sampler project she’s been working on for five years. This square is one of twenty-eight on the sampler, each of which is just larger than a quarter. I started this in 2004, and put it away for quite some time. Every so often I’d pull it out of […]
Shaun Friedle created an impressive piece of Javascript which can automatically defeat CAPTCHAs used by the Megaupload file hosting service. While their CAPTCHAs are particularly weak, it’s an impressive Javascript feat that breaks into some new territory, namely Javascript-based optical character recognition. John Resig posted a breakdown of how the software works. Here’s the quick […]
Here’s an update on an earlier post we did here about the “Beacon” installation currently on display until February 20th at the LightWave festival in Dublin, Ireland. “Beacon” is a kinetic light installation that tracks visitors movements through the space. The project was built with existing industrial products, custom hardware to control the motorized lights, […]
