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Datamancer was sorely missed at this weekend’s Steampunk Convention, but he was anything but idle. Check out this lovely ergonomic keyboard he just uploaded to his site. The M-15 Ergonomic Keyboard More: “Maker” is what I do, “steampunk” describes the style
We added a new section in MAKE a few volumes ago and I wanted to introduce it here… Here’s Charles the section editor – The projects in MAKE encourage us to transcend our default role as passive consumers. Armed with screwdrivers and soldering irons, we boldly go into basement workshops, creating new gadgets or ripping […]
Go Green! Special video effects are available to anyone with a cheap camcorder and $25 of software. Greenscreen is the most powerful of these, and is surprisingly easy to use. By Bill Barminski – MAKE 12 – Page 58. Would you like to make a video of yourself standing on the moon? There are two […]
The “Gigapan” robot allows an ordinary digital camera to take a giga-pixel photo. Check out the video above to see it in action. via Taiyoung Ryu
One of our readers sent in this project that uses a vintage record player as a base for an iPhone dock. I love adding new functionality to discarded antiques. Check out the link for more pictures of the build. Umm… Yeah. So, about a month ago, I found an old Waters-Conley Phonola “portable” record player […]
The end of TV: Boxee + Apple TV + Hulu, a review of Boxee @ Tux Geek… People want to do much more with their iPhone then Steve Job allows. So they jailbreak it. The same goes for the Apple TV. While it is a great and relatively cheap media center, it has restrictions, just […]
Wow, this is a pretty intense iPhone sculpture via Giz. The assignment was “to create a pedestal to hold our ‘precious object,’” Buckner tells Mac|Life. “As everyone around me would have guessed, I chose my iPhone. Our pedestal had to be mostly made out of wood, and relate to our precious object.” Given the amazing […]
