Mikey writes “The project describes how the average person can rip out a pocket from a pair of jeans and replace it with a cotton like fabric which contains enough conductive material to block most RFID tag frequencies. Watch the video.” Link.
Here’s GREAT Maker project – Simon wanted to expand his bookcase, but there was a door on the same wall, solution: make a book case that covers the door and when you pull the super-sekret Sherlock Holmes book, the door opens! The site has before and after pictures as well as a little HOW-TO action on his method of door propulsion. Link.
Ok Makers, start your soldering irons – The History Channel announced they are in search of the nation’s next great invention idea. Inventors throughout time have shared one common attribute – a unique gift for seeing a reality that does not yet exist. The Modern Marvels Invent Now Challenge provides an opportunity for independent inventors to be discovered and to influence the ever-changing face of invention. Link. I read the terms and FAQ, you’d own everything you enter, which is good.
I’ve pointed folks at the Linsay books as a great resource for a long time “Books for curious people – Highest quality books, new and old, for experimenters, inventors, tinkerers, mad scientists, and a very few normal people…” A Maker writes “The books cover the spectrum of DIY- machining, mechanics, electronics, wood working, cooking, and everything in between. The books range from excerpts of old technical manuals to new publications. There’s even a big mention of Make Magazine in there!” [via] Link.
These pages are a little hard to get around, but this site has some interesting mods and hacks for the new WoW Wee robot, the RoboRaptor. This project tutorial shows you how to add a new color LED to the controller and how to add a stealth mode by turning off the green LED, you know, so you can have your robo dino buddy sneak up on people. Link.
Lifehacker has a nice HOW-TO on subscribing to del.icio.us feeds (a bookmark service of sorts) and getting videos in iTunes. The music and videos download automatically to iTunes, like a podcast would. The latest version of iTunes has better video support, so if you’re up for some random videos or want to have something specially download here’s how… [via] Link. I have a couple in our links, but I’ll try and add more soon now that’s more people can likely download content.
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