Interactive Periodic Table
Here’s a great interactive periodic table of elements, Thanks Jason! – Link. – Updated November 2012 (Previous link no longer active)
Craft & Design
From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
DIY Hoverboard with how-to audio
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 writes – “It needs to be wider for stability. Here’s how it went during one class. The audio is a little rich on the trumpeting sounds, but most of the details about the design are on the recording.” – Build photos and audio. Related: Build your own hoverboard – […]
3D plot graphs of movies in LEGO
Here’s a really interesting way to visualize plots via LEGOs, could be useful for all sorts of things. I am Jack’s LEGO collection, here’s Fight Club – “Time flows from left to right (at the end of each row it skips to the beginning of the next row). Movement up or down indicates character movement. […]
Make Podcast: Nate True’s Walluminate
Nate True is a maker who has hacked his wallet to light up when he opens it. Nate has been known to hack other things too. Recently he made a tiny wireless motion detector. I look forward to interviewing him about some of his other projects! Click here to get the video (MP4) delivered automatically […]
Eiffel Tower Go-Kart / Soapbox
Chris sent in this 11 foot Eiffel Tower Go-Kart / Soapbox that’s now up for sale on eBay – Auction, build pages & about the project/race for charity.
HOW TO – Build a touchless lightswitch
Ryan writes – “Capacitive sensors have historically been regarded with fear and hostility among hobbyists. They’re notoriously flaky, unreliable, and difficult to design. Further, they traditionally fall in the “analog domain” which is something the casual microcontroller hobbyist can sometimes wince at. They usually require fancy shielding, and are unsettlingly sensitive to changes in things […]
DIY Fuel Injection Conversion using open-source engine management
Steve writes – “I am converting my 1973 BMW 2002 engine to electronic fuel injection using the Megasquirt DIY controller, and will be blogging about it on finkbuilt. Megasquirt is an affordable, open-source, DIY engine management computer that you assemble yourself. A large community of developer/users provides for constant development, and great free support.” – […]