Moonbear3325 has some photos of the “Tape Canvas” he made – you use tapes from cassettes/8-track on a mat and play it by moving the head around – “The tape head has been extended via shielded cable. The “canvas” is made of strips of “8-track” tapes, removed from cartridge and pressed to sticky “foam core” […]
Remember the CVS Night vision camera project we posted about awhile back? Here’s another one, it’s awesome. Everett writes – “This is home-built night vision that was originally a CVS one-time-use video camera. I already have one that I hacked for repeated use and turned into an underwater camera, so this second one became night-vision.” […]
Derek writes in about his quick and dirty how-to on making ribbon controllers from S-VHS tape – “While often used in electronic music, you can use a ribbon controller wherever you’d use a potentiometer, with the caveat (at least with this design, which has no sample and hold) that you have to keep pressing down. […]
Our little MAKEbot is all growd’ up! In the March issue of PC World there’s a mention of our tireless AIM Instant Message bot that delivers the best of MAKE all day, everyday, the MAKEbot. Click here to add the MAKEbot to your buddy list. Then click here to get the latest news from MAKE […]
Kyle sent in this little blurb about MAKE in Entertainment Weekly, Feb 24th issue!
This USB photo watch can hold 26 (94 x 64 pixel resolution) photos and for $39 – it’s likely an excellent source of parts for projects. [via] Link.
This Maker on Flickr has had the same 14″ TV for over a decade dutifully serving retro console and computer games. When the power switch broke, he didn’t toss it like we usually do with modern TVs, he fixed it, his way – “The original switch was a two-part affair, the main switch turning on […]
