Kawasaki KE-175 Dirt-E – Conversion to electric motorbike
FrankG shows you how to rewind a permanent magnet DC motor, make hi-current amp meters and GPS tech for eclectric vehicle assessment – Link.
Science
DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Make a push button ignition for your car
HAL 9000 writes – When i first saw my car, sitting on the corner with a for sale sign on it. I decided that I would buy it. I did. After that I decided that I really wanted a sweet push button ignition and an engine kill switch, like a rocket or a race car […]
HALO2 High Altitude Balloon
Another successful high altitude balloon flight with some gorgeous images. Alexei writes: High altitude ballooning is an emerging hobby, since the price of GPS and communications equipment has gotten quite low. It is an excellent hobby for people fascinated by space flight and telerobotics and has many learning aspects — from systems design to electronics […]
HOW TO – Make Cheap Fabric Grocery Bags
Wendy of Wisdom of the Moon has instructions for cheap fabric grocery bags made out of bed sheets. All the bags above are made from one sheet. You can even find out how to make use of the elastic that gets cut off the fitted sheet by turning it into what she calls a “Buffalo […]
Light up skate boards
There are probably a dozen projects here on MAKE that you could use to make your own light up skateboards, but to get inspired check out the Photo light board site. It’s not the future unless umbrellas and skateboards light up…[via] Link.
Open source sustainability critique @ E Y E B E A M
If you’re in NYC and work on green/ sustainable projects, bring them to the sustainable review with featured artists in FEEDBACK. Open to the public the Open Source Sustainability critique is on Saturday January 26, from 4-6PM. More @ E Y E B E A M – Link.
RecycledEnclosure
Chris found an old External SCSI drive enclosure and re-purposed it into an embedded development platform complete with power to keep his desk a bit tidier – Link.