Someone made a video demo of a MIDI-controlled microwave oven – so you don’t have to. Nemo writes – The guy who runs Modd3d installed a MIDI port in his microwave. He even made a YouTube video showing that you can use MIDI to cook a corn dog. I’ve seen MIDI control a lot of […]
If you’ve read any of the scary articles or seen segments on TV news magazines about ID theft and data piracy, you know that, somewhere in some heavy-metal-polluted shanty town on the south China coast, someone might be scanning a hard drive you threw out years ago, looking for marketable data before they boil out […]
How fast is the fastest clock in the world? Well, this one measures time to a millionth of a second. I really like Freddie Yauner’s work, especially The Fastest Clock in the World. Related: Build: No solder LED clock kit from the Maker SHED
The builder claims these cars will find the racetrack in any room and race it! How? It seems these little racecars use ultra-sonic sensors and a Picaxe to keep them a predetermined distance away form the walls. They keep going around the room, creating their own racetrack. Looks like a lot of fun! Read more […]
Nuclear Elephant:’s super iPhone wipe to protect your data when you trade up to the next iPhone :) Since my posts regarding the iPhone restore mode being insufficient for wiping data (and Apple’s own refurbishing process also being insufficient), many have emailed me asking for instructions on how to properly wipe personal data off of […]
In 1970, John Conway came up with a 1-player game called Game of Life. The Game of Life is a mathematical game that simulates ‘colonies’ that grow or die based on how crowded or lonely they are and is known for the way it creates a beautiful organic display out of randomness. MAKE presents the […]
Bens shares video of his Atmega168-based bot mapping and solving a line maze – This was my first attempt at making a maze solver and I wrote the code from scratch the night before our last local robotics competition, so there’s plenty of room for improvment (for example, it would be cool if it could […]
