Lose/lose is computer game that destroys your files, reminds me of a few operating systems… lose/lose is a game about choice and consequence, and by extension what it means to succeed (fail). You play the role of a space captain on a seemingly endless quest to destroy attacking aliens. You receive one point for each […]
The last time we covered this neat die reading machine by Steve Hoefer, he had a very nice design that was starting to be able to determine the number of a die placed on it. Well, he swapped out his problematic photoresistor sensors for an infrared emitter/detector-based scheme to produce version 2, which he claims works with almost perfect accuracy.
Tanner of Noystoise demos a rather sweet little synth he’s housed inside of what appears to be an alarm clock’s former enclosure – mini keyboard heavily modified to make synthesizer sounds. frequency divider triggers an envelope generator that modulates the vcf with resonance at 1/256? of the vco. the vco is divided in 1/2, 1/4, […]
If you’re a Lovecraft fan and have not yet seen the HPLHS’s 2005 silent-film adaptation of Call of Cthulhu, well, there may be nothing, anywhere, that’s more important than that you go do so immediately. So. Very. Good. The look they achieve on a low budget is amazing, and a lot of that is due […]
After exploring the innards of our CD drives, students in my robotics class are coming up with some clever junkbots. Here are a few of the first ones, more to come as they evolve.As the school year begins, how do you help students understand the basics of electricity, manufacturing, and creating original devices? As a student, what are the best projects for the start of the semester or school year to get you excited to go deeper and learn more?
This is just a friendly reminder to use the MAKE Events Calendar to post notices of your upcoming regular or one-time events and meetings. We’re getting too many events submitted each week to post them all here, so we’re hoping to get people in the habit of posting to the calendar and then, each week, […]
Garth Johnson of Extreme Craft has a knack for picking out the wacky and wonderful. He now soaks up the country life living in Humboldt County, and he did a fun post about the creative entries to the annual Decorated Potato Contest at the Humboldt County Fair (an annual event that’s been going on since […]
