Toon writes – “After making my pyramid mood light with 12 high power leds, i decided to make a bigger and better version, without the emphasis on the low budget.. After all, the pyramid mood lamp was more of a proof of concept with its shortcomings. I wanted the new mood lamp to be more […]
Curious how to solder those tiny parts on to PCBs? (Printed circuit boards) Here’s a 6 page tutorial that covers the basics as well as hot-air rework… Nathan writes – “More and more ICs come in surface mount packages only these days. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say ‘Well […]
Here’s an option I’ve been waiting to see in Mac OS X for quite some time. MacMod shows how to add a Quit option for the Finder, just as if it were any other app. Here are the results: Notice the lack of folders, files, or other clutter, including the default MacBrian HD icon. Thanks, […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Digitalapollo writes – “I have always found beige keyboards depressing, so I decided to spice mine up with a coat of different colors of paint. Five colors to be exact. The bottom sports a flat grey with red flip-out stands. The top panel is metallic slate. The keys are painted […]
Cool project that combines the aesthetics of a wood-paneled den with touchscreen functionality. The green button is a nice touch. This is a 15″ LCD touchscreen with a Celeron 633MHz board with 128MB RAM in a wooden case of my construction. The case also contains the PSU. The bottom part of the screen surround hinges […]
Roger Smith makes Tesla coils and then makes videos explaining his work to share. The thunder in the background audio is particularly great!- Link
Stepper motors and motors with encoders are the muscles of robots. Stepper motors have a magnet in them and a set of electromagnets push and pull them around. Motors with encoders have a disc at the end with lots of little bars and an eyeball that counts how many bars have passed. Watch the video […]
