MAKE – One of PC magazine’s favorite blogs
Thanks PC magazine! There are a ton of great sites in their list!
Year: 2009
Arduino shirt!
From the MAKE: Flickr pool Peter displays his Arduinocrat pride via this excellent T-shirt design made with handcut stencils – Arduino shirt
HOW TO – Stitch an Apron
The Storque has a free pattern for Angelina Williamson’s Kaleidoscope Apron. The pattern is from Nathalie Mornu’s A Is for Apron: 25 Fresh & Flirty Designs. via Whip Up.
Gestural pod controller for music
The GCe2 (Gestural Controller – Exploration 2) provide a simple and elegant method for sonic control – tilt left/right for pitch, back for chorus effect and squeezing the device adds a flange. All that in a cuddly little UFO-like package. [via Synthtopia]
HOW TO – Make a simple PVC flute
Jnkyrdguy wrote up this instructable for crafting a basic flute instrument from PVC piping. As he points out, the limited range could be an advantage to those new to the instrument – and its simple construction can easily serve as the basis for many experimental designs – This flute design is a common one on […]
Make a leaf blower bike
Chris Williams wanted a small 2-stroke scooter, so he decided to make his own out of a bike and a leaf blower engine. This was one of those projects I couldn’t get out of my head. I had seen, on the internet and in person, the small 2-stroke engine powered scooters which were becoming increasingly […]
Use Google Maps to view high-res photos
In order to present a high resolution map of the entire globe inside an ordinary web browser, programs like Google Maps employ the use of tiles. When the map is prepared, it’s rendered out at each available zoom level, and each zoom level is divided up into a number of small 256×256 pixel squares. When […]
