Tape measure tricks 12/31/2009 Though it’s likely a viral vid from a hardware manufacturer, the “superhuman tape measure skills” seen above do seem plausible...
How-To: Using an accelerometer with an AVR microcontroller 12/30/2009 Evil Mad Scientist Labs posted a thorough update to their accelerometer tutorial using ADXL335 breakout board, ATMega168 chip, and LEDs...
Laser-cut Connect Four game looks mighty fine 12/30/2009 From the MAKE Flickr pool Mark Demers shows off the latest from Spikenzie Labs, Four in a line – a...
Commodore 64 synth chip emulated on an AVR 12/29/2009 Because of its classic sounds & serial-controllability, the Commodore 64’s Sound Interface Device (SID) chip is much sought after by...
Amazing sound sculptures from motors & more 12/29/2009 Zimoun‘s art makes use of motors and other machine hardware en masse to create some strange and quite elegant installations....
Christmas Tree responds to Twitter mentions 12/29/2009 Alpay Kasal’s Twitter-enabled “Twistmas” twee tree responds to specific keyword mentions by lighting corresponding ornaments – After designing a Twitter...
MAKE presents: Ohm’s Law 12/28/2009 Voltage, Current, and Resistance — three of the most important electrical properties, are elegantly intertwined by way of a the...
How-To: Composite video output for Chumby One 12/28/2009 Bunnie’s blog points out a rather sweet hack by xobs which swaps Chumby’s LCD display for TV output. It requires...
Elegant interactive art from salvaged electronics 12/28/2009 Thessia Machado‘s Interference – an interactive sculpture/instrument made with harvested electronic parts. You can modulate both the sounds and the...
Maker Birthdays: Johannes Kepler 12/27/2009 Happy Birthday Johannes Kepler! Kepler is best known for establishing laws of planetary motion (explained in the above vid series)...
