The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
I spotted this on Bill Gurstelle’s Notes from the Technology Underground site – looks like a fun contest! Rube Goldberg Contest What is the competition? Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, college students nationwide compete to design a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task – put a stamp on an […]
George writes –“Twenty bucks for a USB MCU development board is sweet to start with but now TI is giving them away (and lunch too)! “FREE eZ430-F2013! Register and attend 430 Day, a free three-hour “lunch and learn” and receive a FREE eZ430-F2013. The session includes an overview, updates and eZ430 technical demonstrations. Lunch will […]
PeterTheUnGreat has a pretty interesting Instructable – “[This] allows Synchro record from a set-top box (mine is the Sony terrestrial digital reciever) to a DVD player which dosn’t have syncro record. You can then record programmes automatically by selecting them for record on the set top box with no need to programme the DVD recorder. […]
This is pretty interesting, using CAD to recreate machines that no longer exist – “Museums and history buffs have begun using CAD software for an exciting new application – breathing life into centuries past. “Industrial archeology” is the study and re-creation of machines, parts, vehicles, and buildings that may have vanished, been destroyed, gone obsolete, […]
x86Daddy writes – “Build an aquarium coffee table for a fraction of the cost of ready-made models, from supplies found mostly at your local superstore. 10 Gallon and 20 Gallon models are easily possible.” – Link. Related: How to make a pinball coffee table – Link. More table making and hacking – Link.
There are a lot virtual Makers out there (we have a virtual edition of MAKE) – but sometimes it’s a bit hard to explain these new 3D virtual worlds, so – here’s a Google TechTalk from March 1, 2006 – A “Glimpse Inside a Metaverse: The Virtual World of Second Life” – Second Life, an […]
Every day I like my Nintendo DS more – control your PC with the DS! – [via] Link. Here’s how to do it, PointyRemote a “VNC” like app – Link. Related: More makery and hackery with the DS – Link.
