Monochron Clock Kit – Sylvia’s Mini Maker Show
It’s time to make another kit from Adafruit, the alarmingly awesome Monochron clock kit. Lets go!
Month: September 2011
$33 Board Turns Your Bare LCD Into Working Monitor
This is a question we hear a lot: “I have a spare LCD panel; what else do I need to make a monitor?” This Chinese eBay seller has the cheapest out-of-the-box solution I’ve seen…
How-To: Mini Accordion Books
Ruth Bleakley is a very talented book binder. Luckily, her tutorial for making these beautiful mini accordion books is simple enough even for the uninitiated! Ruth originally made these tiny books as gifts for her advanced bookmaking students after a particularly challenging project, but you don’t have to learn coptic stitch to try it out […]
In the Maker Shed: Voice Shield Kit
The Voice Shield Kit, from the Maker Shed, lets you easily add audio to your next Arduino project. Make talking clocks, voice guided GPS, alarms, awesome Halloween props and more.
Dalek Art Car at Burning Man 2011
Scott at Laughing Squid points us to this video of a Dalek art car at this year’s Burning Man. I haven’t been able to dig up much information on it, but it’s certainly very cool. At one point in the video, a person in full Storm Trooper gear poses for a picture with the art […]
Tool Review: PanaVise Jr Speed Control Handle
I use my PanaVise Jr for all kinds of small holding tasks, particularly for holding circuit boards while soldering. One complaint I’ve always had is how darn long it takes to crank the vise’s jaws open from a closed position, or vice versa. The tiny knob takes many, many turns to do much work. One […]
Defusable Alarm Clock is Dy-No-Mite
Mike Krumpus of Nootropic Design (and creator of the Video Experimenter Shield which is the heart of Matt Richardson’s Enough Already hack) is at it again with his Defusable Clock: I thought it would be fun to build an alarm clock that looks just like the type of bomb that we always see in Hollywood […]
