We now have a mobile version of MAKE via Winksite. It took about 10 minutes to sign up, add our feed and publish the mobile version. Here’s a picture of it on a Sidekick. Here’s the direct link to the mobile version of the blog section of MAKE. We’ll have a link somewhere on the site soon so you can always find it. Link.
New DIY trend, alarm clock mods. Hacking an alarm clock so that it will enter snooze mode when it experiences a shock. In this project, we will bypass the mechanical snooze switch on top, and instead turn the alarm clock off in a much more fun way: punching it! Hopefully along the way I will be able to teach you some techniques that are useful in reverse engineering, so you can apply them to future projects. Link.
David Randolph from G4’s ATOS built a portable retro gaming system from two Eittek Power Player game sets, a Clarion VMA5894 car head rest video screen and a project box. Link. If this looks a little familiar, it is, the GameGrrl uses a low cost LCD and Nintendo controller instead. Between these two resources you’re likely to pull off this project and/or come up with new ideas.
It’s that time of year again- Star Wars season. Expect to see a lot of cool DIY light sabers, life size Tie Fighers, DIY Ewok costumes and of course a 70″ x 30″ x 10″ Han Solo in Carbonite made from LEGOs. It took about 10,000 bricks, almost all dark gray, and about three months of on and off building. Link.
Neat scooter mod from Scoot Free or Die…How to install a great sounding stereo system on your scooter for less than $100. On my way to work one morning I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be great to have a stereo? I missed being able to listen to music while whizzing down the road. Link.
I think this might be my new MP3 player. This MP3 player uses cheap MMC for storage, powered by a single AAA battery running a 20 Mhz chip which can play files up to 256 kBps at 44.1 kHz. ID3 support, Nokia LCD screen, micro joystick, not bad at all. Full schematic & pcb, hex file available. I think encasing this in clear lucite would be rad. Link.
Two MAKE Extras published today– these are projects and updates that MAKE publishes online, for all to see, no dead trees. One is a recipe for a PC-based Digital Video Recorder (DVR) / media server / multi-console game machine that does everything except charge you every month. Link. The other Make Extra is an update to MAKE 01’s Magnetic Stripe Reader project, which shows you how to read the data off of stripes in any of the the three standard locations on a card. More power to you! Link.
