Our pal Diana Ng has a fun how-to over on Gizmodo on how to make your own LED enabled shirts… – “Diana Ng of Project Runway fame is a geek’s fashion designer. Today, she’s teaching us how to sew LEDs into your clothing. We’re all familiar with the LED belt buckle and the Motorola/Burton jacket, […]
Wow! Karosium got Pixil (syncable PDA linux operating system) running on a ZipIt and browsed the web with it (ViewML), it’s just a start, but a great one! [via] – Link. We reviewed the ZipIts in MAKE 07. Related Zipits!: Zipit Hacking – Link. HOW TO make an iTunes remote from a ZipIT – Link. […]
2 Robots has a fun how-to on making an anamatronic sheep using a Basic Stamp, Robot Two writes – “Last week, I ordered a Basic Stamp from Parallax — a most excellent beginner’s microcontroller. A microcontroller is a very cool thing — it’s like an entire computer on a single chip. You can plug each […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Bowdie made this cute scribble bot – Link & how-to make your own. Also, check out Jonah Brucker-Cohen’s – Drawbots (they’re awesome!) – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a Kid’s “Draw Bot” – Link. Drawbot Draws! – Link. Drawbot in Action! – Link. Make Podcast: Weekend Projects – Making […]
MAKE Instructable group member Fireballxl5 writes – “This is a set of detailed instructions for a mod to the rotor shaft of the Picoo-Z mini-helicopter; replacing the original steel shaft with a carbon fiber shaft and installing ball bearings in place of the copper/brass bearing…” – Link. Related: PiccoZ mods (hop-ups) and more – Link.
I really tweak out Firefox to get stuff done and installing alpha/beta/new stuff doesn’t usually scare me away – so here’s a super-quick review of Firefox 2.0 (out today) and three cool new features. The search box has the auto-suggest feature, so as you type it helps you find what you’re looking for. Spell check […]
Check out these simple little “bots” you can make using a paint roller a some fairly easy to obtain/assemble parts, great project for kids (and adults)… Paul writes – “The Roller-Bot I is a small dumb light activated robot built on a paint roller and can be activated by a flashlight. It is part of […]
