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Alexei writes – “One day I was making a simple little elastic gun to shoot Lego blocks and I thought to myself, “it would be cooler if it had some kind of trigger.” The next thing I knew, I was involved in a competition with my own self – I tried to imagine the most […]
It doesn’t need to be April 1st to do pranks, here’s a really clever one, making a keyboard sing – “Take the musical element from a musical greeting card and connect it to the caps lock LED on the user’s keyboard. Each time the victim presses caps lock the music plays (and quite loud too). […]
Here’s an IRC client for the DS, I haven’t tested this yet (MAKE is still in Vegas @ Interop) – so, if you run homebrew apps on the DS, check it out and let us know (we’re usually on #MAKE on irc.freenode.net) [via] – Link.
OK Makers, we’re going to try out this new “Skypecast” it’s a like a conf, but on Skype, here are the details, see/hear you then! – Looks like up to 100 Makers can tune in – Link.
Profquotes writes – “I’ve been a fan of 3D photography for a long time. Over the years I’ve built a few 3D cameras, but I’ve never taken 3D images of a game world. Many modern games use a 3D render engine, so the information is there, and I’ve taken a couple of 3D shots of […]
Donald writes in with a way to extend a remote control and/or a TV-B-Gone – “Funny you should just happen to bring up the TV-B-Gone and have so many people wish to extend the range. Behold — the TV Sniper! If you have a couple common objects around, you can get that extended range you […]
Vegas MAKERS! The MAKE team will at the Interop conference May 1st to the 5th, if you’re in the area we can get you in the conference and we’ll also likely plan some type of MAKE meet up while in town – Link. Post in the comments or send me an email! See you there!
