Instructables user ckharnett has a guide up about printing your own flexible circuit board using a flexible copper-clad material called Pyralux. Assuming you can get your hands on the stuff (the site recommends asking DuPont for a free sample or looking on eBay), the rest of the process seems fairly straightforward and quite interesting. Via […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member diluded000 forged his own blacksmithing tongs from some anchor bolts. Wow – this means he’ll be making with tools ‘of his own making’ . . . is that meta-making? He also shared some pics of his new coal forge – Looks like fun! If you’re interested in learning […]
Arduino developer David Cuartielles gives gives us a peek into one of his late night hacking sessions – If you have nothing better to do during a winter night in Sweden, you can always hack a couple of libraries together and make a third one. SDplayWAV is for people interested in playing sounds from SD […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool In a bind, Nick found a way to power his phone with the only parts available – My phone went dead in Philly. It’s an old enough phone that none of k-mart, radioshack, or a dozen dollar stores sold a charger for it. Finally, I found a car charger at […]
Before my hip replacement surgery in 1999, I was sometimes relegated to a wheel chair. You cannot imagine what it feels like to give up your freedom of movement and your self-sufficiency. And you cannot imagine the joy and sense of independence you reclaim when you get some ability back, through an assistive device or […]
I love this quirky idea of using old removable memory cards as covers to little books of photos. Talk about computer-age folk art. Memory card memories
Chris Kohler, author of our Retro Gaming Hacks, reviews a new game for the Nintendo DS that is full of games inspired by–and mostly as good as–some of the best retro games from back in the day: Retro Game Challenge is composed of several smaller games that feel strangely familiar. You never played Robot Ninja […]
