Weekend Project: Super TV-B-Gone
Are you sick of blaring TV’s? Wish you could do something about it?
Well you can with the this devious ultra-high-power version of the popular TV-B-Gone. Get yours at www.makershed.com
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
DIY videotape pinball
Some time last year, there was a bunch of news about how VCR tapes would no longer be manufactured. Around the same time I noticed that none of the VCRs showing up at the dump had digital tuners. Wouldn’t it have been nice if those manufacturers could have dropped in a little extra circuit board […]
DIY bike helmet fan
From the MAKE Flickr pool Matt outfitted his headgear with some quick-n-dirty AC – I was bored one day at NYCR and started playing with my rising collections of motors. Ended up stuffing an 18v motor into my bike helmet and putting two 9vs in series on it. Runs awesome. Surprisingly effective as a cooling […]
Rock Band axe in a box
From the MAKE Flickr pool Flickr member TheCase converted a busted RB guitar to an unusually compact version – This is an initially unintended side effect of working on a Rock Band automatic guitar playing robot. The minimal set of electronics from a previously malfunctioning 360 wireless guitar (thanks Mig!) – also contains the relays […]
Etch A Sketch, automated, wireless
From the MAKE Flickr pool Pixl8ed’s auto Etch A Sketch is wireless and hands-free – built using a stepper motors, SparkFun EasyDriver boards, XBee wireless module, and custom CNCed support hardware. Check it out on Flickr. More: Computerized Etch A Sketch @ Maker Faire
How-To: Ski-goggle camera mod
MAKE contributor Will O’Brien mounted an ATC3K camera into his skiing goggles in order to grab some first-person action shots. He even created an enclosure for most of the electronics – I thought about some complicated mounting tricks to attache the boxes to the straps, but found that electrical tape worked great. Keep in mind […]
Interactive Punch-Out arcade dummy
This guy modified his Slam Man Boxing Dummy, adding arcade buttons, so he can throw punches in NES Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out by punching buttons of the dummy. His Instructable shows you how he did it. The Punchout Interactive Interface Improved
