A visit to Ben Heck’s lab
The Engadget Show takes a trip out to Madison, WI to visit the workbench of console-modder extraordinaire (and Make contributor) Mr. Ben Heck. Can’t wait to see the finished Paxton pinball!
Year: 2009
DIY Faux-Fur Vest
With faux-fur looks hitting the stores this fall, why not make your own soft and furry DIY faux-fur vest with this tutorial by …love Maegan.
Ambient LED Flowerpot Clock
Sean @ MAKE writes: Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending my first Dorkbot Austin, at Cafe Mundi on E. 5th St. At least fifty were in attendance, and six people presented original work, most of which I’ll be blogging over the next few days. First up, I wanted to mention this luminous […]
Train an army of children to recycle bottles for you
There’s an odd synchronicity here with last week’s post about the coin-scavenging-crow training machine. This time it’s a hunt-the-wumpus style video game that you play by dropping glass bottles into the slots when they light up.
In a side note, Volkswagen’s “Fun theory award” is now definitely on my radar. Besides this project, their competition to incentivize socially-usefully behaviors by turning them into entertainment also produced the world’s deepest rubbish bin and the public staircase piano keyboard.
Craft Felt Photo Pockets with Kata Golda in the Etsy Labs Tonight
Tonight at the Etsy Labs from 4pm – 8pm EST, come and take part in a free sewing workshop to make felt photo pockets with artist and author Kata Golda — whether you’re in Brooklyn or anywhere in the world. Etsy writes: Stop by for our weekly Craft Night in our online, interactive classroom, the […]
Pocket-sized oscilloscope gets reviewed
The last time we covered the Seeed DSO Nano oscilloscope, they hadn’t produced any specification or hardware yet. Now, one month later, they have already shipped a limited number of beta units out for testing.
How-To: Hack motion detectors to trigger props
Hpropman presents a group of four tutorials about how to connect common motion detecting devices to a microcontroller for triggering haunt props. He has separate tutorials for flood light motion sensors, wall switch motion sensors, X10 wireless motion sensors, and Parallax motion sensors.
