Our pals at Popular Science have a write up of a low cost way to do your own cell phone tracking – “…Jen, is tracking me. Using a $100 kit from Mologogo (with a $6-a-month data plan), I’ve turned a prepaid cellphone into a GPS tracking device. Every few minutes, the phone transmits my location […]
One of our MAKE readers sent in this potato powered battery, the site is down now, but there is a mirror – “I built a potato battery out of 500 pounds of potatoes. It powered a small sound system. I installed the battery and sound system in the back of a U-Haul truck and drove […]
Are you curious about the robot that Pablos and 3ric were designing in a recent video podcast? They completely redesigned it to make the “hackerbot.” Their robot ended up looking like a spinning double sided axe. Inspired by their robot, and Rich’s advice, I made my own robot. While most robots use titanium or airplane […]
This is a cool little Flash app that allows you to move a cube on screen by moving your hand, this would make a good FrontRow mod… – “Minority Cube allows you to control the rotation of the cube on the screen by moving your hand (or yourself) in front of your webcam. It understands […]
Arwen writes – “People have been coloring eggs to celebrate spring for literally thousands of years, starting with those cultured Persians. The practice has become ever more complicated as it spread around the world, with everything from stickers and tie-dye in the U.S. to marbling and elaborate wax drawing in parts of Europe and Russia. […]
Rob writes – “One of the simplest forms of an engine is known as a Hero’s engine. A Hero’s engine uses heat from a fire to create steam. That steam is then forced to exit through a pipe or jet, which causes the entire apparatus to spin. I did a little research and found that […]
David writes – “Saw the satellite dish gazibo and thought you’d like my treehouse with dish roof. We built this treehouse entirely from recycled materials, including the 10 foot diameter fibreglass dish as a dome roof. The cool, and unexpected, benefit of this design is that the bed is below the dish, and our heads […]
