From the MAKE Flickr pool Greg posted this sleek and stylish shot of the “Giant iPod Prototype” apparently on display at Panic software headquarters – This is a giant ipod prototype they have in the front display case. Apparently, it was big so that no one would know they were working on a mobile music […]
Here’s a nice recipe for building your own ultrasonic distance sensor – similar to the Parallax Ping, though it requires a bit of software coding to handle timing and measurement – Everybody knows the speed of the sound in the dry air is around 340 m/s. Send a short ultrasonic pulse at 40 Khz in […]
The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the theme […]
Instructables user lemonie combined an old VCR with a toaster to make a VCR that toasts, and imprints “VHS” on its toast, too.
Watermarking images can sometimes be a decent way to allow posted content to make the rounds online, while ensuring that the source of the content is correctly attributed. One thing that’s always bugged me about watermarking, however, is that the original source site becomes all peppered with ratty attributions or logos that detract from the […]
Are you a fabric hoarder like me? I have a lot of fat quarters in my stash and now I want to sew up a fat quarter tote from this tutorial by Cicada Daydream. You can also enter to win the pictured tote by Feb 18.
Instructables user chaitanyak shows us how to make a little toy crab from one soda can.
