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Hacking LED Christmas lights for low voltage use
John writes – “I saw this and just had to share. You know those very neat LED Christmas lights that you could find on the clearance tables a few months ago, you remember them now because your going to kick yourself for not buying a crap load of them. Anyway, Joe has a tutorial on […]
Build a home ceiling-mounted kids gym and climbing wall
Creatrope has another fun project, a home kid’s gym – “This ceiling-mounted kids gym and climbing wall has seen a lot of use, and was easy to build once I figured out a strategy. It was around $125 worth of parts. It was inspired by a friend who has an even more elaborate one. It […]
Fire Art photos & video!
The Fire Arts Exposition at Monster park in San Francisco was HOT! Tons of homemade fire breathing contraptions and more. The finale was a fire tornado and a huge electricity-meets-fire finish. Here’s a bit about the event and some photos – Link. Related: Participating artists and performers – Link. The Black Rock Arts Foundation – […]
Color scanning LEGO music machine
David writes – “Here’s my first attempt at making something with the Lego Mindstorms package: a scanning machine that reads the colors of the bricks that are put into it and that translates those colors into sound.” – Link.
HOW TO – Make gameshow-style hand buzzers
Nick writes – “Here’s a a small tutorial for fabricating gameshow-style hand buzzers (in this case, used for the PC game “You Dont Know Jack”, played on an emulated arcade cabinet).” – Link.
MAKE Events – RSS & Instant Message!
We have a new MAKE events listing that has Maker-like events going on around the world. You can view them in our events section, subscribe via ATOM and RSS feeds and/or use the MAKEbot (Instant message). If something is going on that you think Makers, Crafters, Hackers would like to check out, let us know […]