Mike’s Ambient device
Mike took an old desk lamp and recycled into an ambient device, fetching weather information from Internet via an ATmega168 micro controller and Ethernet chip – Link.
Technology
LM555 Night light
Brandon adds a LM555 and some LEDs to his toddler’s glow-in-the-dark headboard. Now his son has a beautiful night light that is on when he needs it and automatically turns off when he sleeps… Link. From the pages of MAKE: The Biggest Little Chip. MAKE 10 – page 62. An introduction to the versatile 555 […]
Protest technology – White noise projector
Here’s a weird video “Protest technology – White noise projector” that talks about what white noise is and how to make a noise projector, basically a MP3 player and a bullhorn… Link.
Science, tech, electronicsy videos @ Alcatel-Lucent
Huh, Alcatel-Lucent has a ton of great videos on their site — Lightwave Communications Watch the first lightwave communications system take shape at Bell Labs. Charge Coupled Device Learn about the development of the charge-coupled device (CCD) at Bell Labs. UNIX Watch Bell Labs’ Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie talk about the birth of UNIX. […]
Mr. Baybus
Mr. Baybus is a microcontroller-based fan control system. It is a completely stand-alone unit, with no computer-control whatsoever… Link. But wait, there’s more – meet Mr. BayBus2 – Link.
HOW TO – Make your own LED bulbs
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 […]
Composite Labs
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 […]