Breadboard linear amplifiers 01/28/2011 Bob of Albuquerque built these cool transmitters out of junked parts, including sweet vacuum tubes. [Thanks, Harold!]
How to boot a steam locomotive 01/27/2011 I really love the detail in Phil Jern’s description of cold-starting a steam locomotive: Looped under the fireman’s seat is...
PirateBox: A P2P file-sharing network in a lunchbox 01/27/2011 Inspired by pirate radio and the free culture movement, PirateBox utilizes Free, Libre and Open Source software (FLOSS) to create...
100′ programmable LED hall lighting 01/26/2011 ChArLeS from Cambridge, MA, wrote in to share this awesome hall lighting setup consisting of 1,600 LEDs: Here’s yet another...
Lego spraycan explosion 01/25/2011 AFOL Cole Blaq of Düsseldorf created this excellent action shot of an exploding can of spraypaint. Who says you can’t...
What up at the BotCave? 01/25/2011 MakerBot co-founder and former MAKE contributor Bre Pettis wrote a long post on MakerBot.com about what goes on at the...
Lasercut pendant light 01/25/2011 Thingiverse user Rob Ward of Melbourne created this teardrop light fixture out of laser-cut 3mm MDF. He also created a...
Know your bolts 01/24/2011 MAKE contributor James Floyd Kelly wrote in with a tip on a cool resource: Found some GREAT information on Bolt...
Dodecahedral protoboard with 3D-printed connectors 01/24/2011 These printable connectors, designed by Thingiverse user mrule, allow you to assemble twelve of SparkFun’s pentagonal protoboards into a dodecahedron.
