Donald writes in with a way to extend a remote control and/or a TV-B-Gone – “Funny you should just happen to bring up the TV-B-Gone and have so many people wish to extend the range. Behold — the TV Sniper! If you have a couple common objects around, you can get that extended range you […]
Mike writes – “A delightful little hack to convert a PEZ dispenser into a camera hot-shoe accessory!” – Link.
What do you get when you combine a capacitor, some LEDs, and a solar cell? A B.E.A.M. Bug Bot! B.E.A.M. stands for Biology Electronics Aesthetics Mechanics which means that the robots are inspired by biology which means bugs. Vic De Leon and Stewart Tansley, explained that the solar cell doesn’t put out enough power to […]
I really like the new Logitech Quickcam Orbit MP – you can record videos and add live video effects and also use avatars. I’m going to poke around the files that they use to see if I can make my own. The camera is motorized, so it’ll do face tracking too – when I get […]
Vegas MAKERS! The MAKE team will at the Interop conference May 1st to the 5th, if you’re in the area we can get you in the conference and we’ll also likely plan some type of MAKE meet up while in town – Link. Post in the comments or send me an email! See you there!
Hey Crafters! Big thanks to O’Reilly Editor Brian Sawyer for setting up our very own CRAFT flickr group! It’s up and running now, so please join! I’ve added in my Maker Faire Craft pics to the mix. Let’s see the cool projects you’re working on! Link.
Dozens of drawings all made with Microsoft Excel – Danielle writes – “Microsoft Excel is a program designed to track and compute information, but here I am using Excel as a drawing tool. These drawings are a part of a series of sixty drawings that I executed (more or less) every day for fifty-eight days. […]
