Mr. Magazine names MAKE notable launch in 2005!
Thanks Mr. Magazine! Link.
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Meet an Electric Giraffe
Like electric giraffes? We’ll have one at Maker Faire! “Based on a Tamiya model walking giraffe, the Electric Giraffe is a life sized robotic giraffe based on this small toy’s walking mechanism. The ‘Raffe actually walks, just like its small scaled design model, but towers at 17 feet tall when its neck is raised. The […]
DS lite cracked open & compared
Here are a ton of photos of the upcoming Nintendo DS lite cracked open and compared with the DS and Gameboy SP [via] Link.
The Black Hole of Los Alamos
Drew66 sent us in another “Maker’s heaven” store – “The Black Hole of Los Alamos, a recycler of “nuclear waste,” has the world’s most diverse stock of used scientific equipment, electronics, lab supplies, nuclear by-products, surplus items and manterials. We have over 17,000 square feet of pre-owned test equipment and laboratory supplies.” [via] Link.
Communicating with lasers via serial ports
Over on DIY live there is a cool project brewing on sending data with a laser beam via serial ports. Their idea? Multiplex a DVI signal and shoot it over a laser beam to a home projector. Link.
HOW TO – Make an iSight Tripod mount (video)
Greg writes – “I just got Make 05 and I saw your iSight Tripod mount. I think my design is better, and I even have a video up on how to build it. This provides a true stable mount for the base of the iSight and is low profiles as well. The problem with the […]
DIY Postal scale…
I really like this low tech scale, you use the known weight of coins to make a balance to figure out the weight of your mail. [via] Link part of the Toys from Trash site.