Make: television presents: Sunlight Poem – Ji Yeon Song’s one-day poem projector made of cardboard and sunlight. Pedal-Powered Blender – David Butcher outfits a bike with a generator that can run a blender. Handmade Theremin- Lorin Parker’s theremin works great and sounds even better. Time-lapse Camera – Jay Burlage hacks into a clock to create […]
I really like the tones this DIY pipe organ is able to produce. I would love to see this adapted to an Arduino or other micro-controller so it could play by itself. Then again, I would like to see almost anything automated with a micro-controller! Hopefully this will eventually be turned into a full instructable […]
Here’s a detailed tutorial with pictures describing how to make a bookplate stamp by Wisdom of the Moon.
Austinites can explore independent media this weekend at the Staple! Independent Media Expo. STAPLE! The Independent Media Expo is the Southwest’s premier event for independently produced comics, zines, art, animation, games, crafts and more! The FIFTH annual show will have over 85 exhibitors, multiple panel discussions and Special Guests Stan Sakai, Jeffrey Brown and Chris […]
New from Sparkfun Electronics is the LilyPad protoboard, a way to easily whip up your own sewable electronics. Available in two sizes. This is a large board for prototyping through hole components with the LilyPad system. There are an array of pins all shorted together with 10mil traces. This allows for quick and easy prototyping […]
Using an Arduino, thermistor, and a bit of software, Peter built a temperature sensor capable of reporting readings via Gmail, or even speech – After recently getting my hands on an Arduino Duemilanove, I came across this Sketch on Arduino Playground that allowed an Arduino to function as a temperature measuring device with the addition […]
Dan has a new interest in home brewing. He suggests the video series from Drunk Rhino. Thanks to resources like their Tips section, Home Brew doesn’t have to become Lost Knowledge. Are you into home brew? Where are the best resources for information? Where do you get your supplies? Have you made a wort chiller. […]
