Make reader Brian Moore writes – “If you have a Macbook, a Macbook Pro, an intel iMac, or any Mac with an iSight, you should watch this movie trailer. It features an incredible actor who has yet to be seen in a movie this big. The special effects are amazing, the budget is high, and […]
I’ve been toying around with my new iMac and so far my favorite new feature is Front Row, the simple movie theatre app that’s enabled on the newer IR remote equipped machines. You may have heard about a hack to enable Front Row on older Macs, but that’s not what this hack is about. I […]
Here’s a simple how-to on adding some blinking lights to any old laptop bag, for this example I use my childhood companion, a 2-XL 8-track “robot” toy and a 555 chip… This is the original 2XL head, pulled from the robot toycorpse. We tested out the LEDs with a benchtop power supply. The LEDs were […]
I’ve been obsessing about making a drawing robot ever since I saw the article about scribbler robots in the current volume of Make: . Many people have made drawing robots and they have inspired me to want my own or at least give it my best shot. If I am successful, I will be able […]
Here’s a special MAKEZine.com article “This is not your grandfather’s HAM radio” – by Thomas Arey N2EI. Many folks who read Make probably have an image of their grandfather, father, or kindly older neighbor heading down into their basement to talk to people around the world by way of amateur radio. This classic image of […]
Lorin Parker has created a unique vocal synthesizer using a microcontroller, basic principles of analog and digital synthesis and an integrated “Speakjet” chip. The source code is open source, and schematics, hardware plans and kits will be posted soon too – Link. [Link updated, thanks Sam! -cc]
Our pal Gavin Harper cooked up this great how-to on making a geodesic dome… In this article, we are going to be looking at a simple lightweight bamboo geodesic dome structure that you can erect in your garden as a temporary shelter for leisure use. This structure is so lightweight, that you could even safely […]
