Weekend Project: Make a Talking Booby Trap
Having trouble with people snatching your stuff? Did someone take your lunch from the company fridge? Here is an inexpensive, sneaky gizmo you can make to keep those sticky fingers away.
Year: 2009
How-to Tuesday: Hacking a MAKE gift subscription card
This week I am going to show you how to hack a MAKE gift subscription card. Actually, it’s showing you how to interface a 7-segment display with an Arduino. I just happened to make it into a gift card subscription.
My idea was to give a MAKE subscription to a friend. Actually, I am giving them an Arduino along with the subscription. What a great combination! As a final part of the gift, I am making a post on how to program the 7-segment display to help them get started.
Weekend Project: Pole’s Eye View
Get a bird’s-eye-view of the world with this Pole Mounted Aerial Rig for photography and video.
Weekend Project: Make a Simple Laser Communicator
Secretly shoot your voice across the room in stealth mode on the beam of a laser!
Maker Workshop – Burrito Blaster on MAKE: television
WATCH IN HD!
Need to launch hot dogs, brats, and other stadium snacks into the upper bleachers at your local ballpark? Then build a Burrito Blaster with John Park. Based on the classic combustion-powered spud gun project, this cannon instead relies on an air power. Made with everyday objects like a sprinkler solenoid, PVC, and simple circuitry, this project is great for picnics, games, and other outside fun.
Download the PDF to plan your Burrito Blaster on makezine.tv
Maker Workshop – Kite Aerial Photography on MAKE:television
WATCH IN HD!
Tell Cris Benton to go fly a kite. Hell return with breathtaking photographs taken from seemingly impossible vantage points. As a young architect, Chris wanted sharp images of his buildings upper reaches, so he pioneered the art/science of of aerial kite photography. Now a professor of architecture at UC Berkeley, Chris is still a leader in the aerial kite photography community, constantly developing new ways to rig remotely controlled cameras to customized kites for stunning results. Also, see the centuries-old technique of using kites to lift people in the air! Watch the clip, and check out Chris website http://www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/index.html
Weekend Project: Make a Portable Spy Scope
Use a cellphone camera for espionage that captures long-distance secret activities!
