Darn it, the kid costumes in the MAKE & CRAFT contest are quickly approaching cute overload… – “Helmet, chest plate, arm bracers, robot shins: Corrugated cardboard, Elmers glue, spray paint. Velcro straps from my hockey bag were used to keep some parts on. “ – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives […]
SolderSmoke is a podcast of with two amateur radio experimenters who discuss workbench radio projects and all sorts of things in the world of homebrew electronics (they do the show from Juno, Alaska & Central London over the echolink system) we’ve covered them here before on MAKE, but check out their latest shows. I’m listening […]
N3ldan sent in his homemade cheap capacitor bank and recharger, he writes – “Here’s how to make a capacitor bank useful for many applications, ie a railgun, coilgun, RFID zapper, for $0~50 depeneding on what tools you have and how fancy you want the final product.” – Link. Always be careful with these sorts of […]
This art project/robot looks around for puddles of Coke, when it finds them it slurps it up, sprays it on itself and after the coke easts through its robot skin, it self-destructs. Poor little dude… – [via] – Link. Related: 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints – Link. Coke Blak lamp […]
Chris writes – “We have released a new section of our web site dedicated to designing tubular structures with SketchUp. We invite people to construct with the components we have on the site and those they make themselves and contribute to the project and component library. The initial fittings in the library were created using […]
Matt shows you how to keep a nice chunk of the Wikipedia on your iPod he writes – “I’ve commented now and again that I’d be willing to pay upwards of $100 for a handheld version of Wikipedia — one that I can sync via WiFi, then take on the bus and read to my […]
GetLoFi has all the links and resources you’ll need for making your own “Atari Punk Console” sound device, Circuitmaster writes – “The so called “Atari Punk Console” device is a great start for builders interested in working with components and circuitry to produce Bleepy-Bloopy-Gitchy goodness. Using a 556 dual timer IC and a handful of […]
