Randofo seems to have updated his typewriter to keyboard project, check it out… – Link. Related: HOW TO – Hacking a USB Keyboard (Make a typewriter keyboard) – Link. Portable typewriter laptop… – Link. The ElectriClerk – Link.
A few of our Mac toting makers sent in this tip on opening the new Microsoft Office doc format .docx (it doesn’t open natively now)… Alex writes – “I received one yesterday. Initial tests proved futile- no application wanted anything to do with it. But, after a little trial and error, I was able to […]
Two makers One cause Fünde Razor Here are some Guitar Hero controller guts transplanted into real guitars… part of the Funde Razor charity event to be held in Brooklyn on Wednesday 12/6. All proceeds from the raffle and competitions go directly, 100%, no overhead to the kids of The Children’s Hospital of Montefiore in the […]
Idan Beck & Rohit Gupta built an autonomous helicopter for their final project (schematics/source included)… “The purpose of this project was the design of a fully autonomous stabilization system intended for systems capable of intelligent programming and navigation. This means that the design focuses mainly on the control feedback systems that control the helicopter’s motors […]
Neelandan writes – “This is a one-off process to produce one printed circuit board by removing unwanted copper by electrolysis in a saltwater solution. I shall illustrate the process by etching and building a board for 18-pin PIC (for the PC16F54, but any 18 pin PIC will fit in it) in the figure. It has […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Farnea writes – “My first circuit bending stuff. I got a cheap toy piano and added some components and touch contact to make the sound weird.” – Link & video. Related: Circuit-Bending: External Controllers – Link. Circuit-Bending: Build an Incantor – Link. Circuit bent Furby – Link. HOW TO – […]
R. Stern writes – “Sequence Control is an (open source) Arduino interface-controlled animation written in Processing. It gives the user the option to pause, frame forward, frame backward, and adjust the speed of the animation.” – Link & photos. Related: Arduino projects @ MAKE – Link.
