AMXL shows you how to use a SAA7134 based TV card and Debian to tune in to all sorts of waves you can’t normally get with your TV… Looks like it will work with many of the TV cards out there too… – “If you have a TV capture card in your computer, you probably […]
“The Mad Scientist” sent in these Hypnocubes, they are 3D LED cubes that come in 3-channel Red-Green-Blue (with 4096 possible colors), 2-channel Red-Green (256 colors), and 2-channel Red-Blue (256 colors). The kits are available too, starting at $300-ish – Link. Update: Dirkus writes – “Actually, the cheapest kit they have is $120, plus $10 shipping […]
In the 50’s and 60’s John T. Frye, W9EGV / Popular Electronics published a series of fiction stories called “The Carl and Jerry stories” – In each story the pair acquired new skills, got their ham radio licenses and used their knowledge of electronics to get out of a jam or solve a mystery – […]
Our pals at DesignNews have a round up of all their electronics projects in their Gadget Freak “Scream Fest Edition”. They’re also running a contest too, so if you enter the MAKE contest, enter theirs too. Spooky Sound Generator Give the little witches and warlocks a real trick when they come clamoring for treats on […]
MAKE group member Leevonk shows how to make these nice looking (and sounding) hard drive speakers – Link. Related: Hard Drive Speaker System – Link. More hard drive speaker videos – Link. Things you can do with 20 hard drives – Link.
Here’s a super handy/easy circuit for making LED eyes blink for your Halloween gadgets and projects, Paul writes – “The eye blink circuit consists of a timer and light emitting diodes, which function as the eyes. The timer circuit for the blinking eyes is based on the 555 timer. Figure 1 illustrates the standard timer […]
Al made a modern Internet Wi-Fi radio with the looks of a vintage radio, here’s the build photos (nice work!) – Link. Related: Retro Radio Computers – Link. Sparkbench – old radio restoration – Link. HOW TO build a Vintage Digital Jukebox – Link. DIY Retro iPod – Link.
