Claude shows you how to make your own LED light bulbs, he writes – After many attempts to make all sorts of LED-conversions I finally found one solution that is simple and efficient. Of course, you do need a great amount of patience in making this but when you consider the countless hours of pure […]
A MAKE reader / Maker Faire attendee writes in – I saw a booth they [Composite Labs] had with combots at the 2007 maker fair. They had a nice setup… I ordered a few of their kits, they are made flawlessly, and the best part is that I can compete with them at RoboGames and […]
Of all the applications you can upload to the iPhone thanks to the Jailbreak and iPhoneInterface hacks, a SOCKS proxy daemon is perhaps the most useful. It’s also the best way to make full use of an unlimited data plan. Recent developments have allowed iPhone hackers to compile background applications for the iPhone – among […]
I’ve written a review on Street Tech of the Ultra 3.5″ hard drive enclosure that TigerDirect is selling for under $20. I knew rolling your own external HD was easy, but it’s mindlessly simple, and you can save some money. For instance, TigerDirect sells an 80GB Ultra drive (a WD HD in an Ultra case) […]
This Instructable shows you how to create a device docking cradle using an old keyboard wrist-rest. Too bad there aren’t more photos of the build (the drawings were done in MS Paint!). Easy P.D.C. (Portable Device Cradle) – [via] Link
Here’s how you can use the Wiimote’s built-in accelerometers to measure your ride’s G forces and 0-60 time: I got this idea after seeing some physics class use the wiimote in some kinda pendulum experiment. Why not use the wiimote’s built in 3-axis accelerometers to measue g-forces, acceleration and even calculate my own 0-60mph times! […]
This fairly simple hack uses a Nintendo Wii remote to capture G-force readings in a car, dump it to a CSV (Comma-Separated Values) text file, and then graph it via Excel. The results aren’t the most precise, but apparently good enough to give you some useful feedback on car mods. Wii Remote Measurements [via] – […]
