More moon shots…
Check out the MAKE Flickr pool for some more lunar eclipse photos, great stuff! 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!
Time lapse lunar image
Nathan writes – Hello Phillip, I found out about the eclipse on the MAKE blog about an hour before it started. – and I took your suggestion about taking photos. I made a time lapse of the beginning. I put my Canon A95 on a tripod, and watched the time. I took a photo about […]
1937 Fairchild restoration
Amazing restoration of a 1937 wood-and-fabric airplane – Link.
Eclipse!
Oskay posted up a creepy cool moon eclipse photo in the MAKE Flickr photo pool! He writes – From our driveway, in light-polluted Sunnyvale CA, you can still see the moon glow. Eclipse – Link. Related: Total lunar eclipse – August 28, 2007 – Link.
Building an open source self balancing scooter
Here’s another homemade self-balancong scooter! Malcolm writes – In recent times, advanced electronic systems have become cheaper and cheaper and at the same time become more complex. The price of the components are now within reach of the hobbyist (e.g. Gyro and Accelerometer). This allows more complex systems to be built at relatively low cost. […]
GreenDimes – get rid of junk mail
For $15 GreenDimes will get you off the (physical) junk mail that comes to your home, they unsubscribe you from all the catalogs and lists, anyone try this out? – For $15, the GreenDimes Junk Mail Reduction Kit (Free Me!) reduces your home’s junk mail by up to 90% and includes: Online Do-Not-Mail-Me List to […]
Total lunar eclipse – August 28, 2007
There’s a total lunar eclipse – August 28, 2007. NASA’s site has all the details and times for your area (take some pics and put them up in the MAKE pool!) – A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the early morning of Tuesday, August 28, 2007. The event is widely visible from the […]