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The folks at Wild Planet saw Jake Hildebrandt’s head-mounted display hack and our item here and posted the following contest offer to our Comments: Thanks to Jake, for the great hack! So sorry the website is out of stock. Our engineering group has a bin of extra headsets (pre-production samples, engineering test units, etc.) we’d […]
If you’re in the Bay Area and have some MAKE-style projects Engadget has a “lightning round” for showing off and sharing your work. It’s Wednesday, October 10th, 7:00PM – 10:00PM — pictured here, a past “diy gadget” from Engadget (iPod universal remote)… Link.
Jake Hildebrandt, best known for his steampunk mods (and his pugilistic arch-rivalry with fellow gentleman fabricator Jake von Slatt) has put up a piece on turning a Wild Planet toy video display into a head-mounted display for any typical video source (VCR. DVD, iPod, etc). $25 Head-Mounted Display – Link
Crazy Aunt Purl has a pattern to make this reversible knit Halloween Beanie in an easy roll-brim hat style. Link.
Sarah at The Small Object shows you how to make quick and easy Halloween pipe cleaner ornaments. Link.
Zakka Life made this recycled bottle cap bowl using the inside of Coke bottle caps and hot glue. The bowl was made for her town’s yearly recycle art contest! Good luck! Link.
Steve Lodefink sent us a link to pics of this 1957 Magnavox set re-used as the cabinet for a modern (CRT) TV and stereo system. 1957 Magnavox TV – Link
