Today I had a chance to meet up with Raphael who makes open source MP3 player kits, I really liked the kit (bought one) and soon we’ll see what type of fun enclosures it will fit into. Here are some specifics about the kit… – “The “Sakura” MMC Mp3 Player – full kit: $72US – […]
Scott thought he was buying one of those fancy “shake-to-recharge” flashlights, but it was actually a cheap knock off with hidden batteries, he writes – “This is a blog post of my recent purchasing of a dynamo powered flashlight, which I later realized was completely fake and a piece of garbage (as are most things […]
Reversial writes – “After taking an ancient “Microsoft Internet Keyboard” apart, turns out it’s a rather simple mod to convert it to a wafer-thin, transparent beast.” – Link.
Rob writes – “I made an elwire angler fish for my sister for her birthday. Some inspirations were the big neon angler fish sign in Akihabara, an episode of Strongbad emails, and another elwire angler fish on the Cool Neon site.” – Link. Related: Make a Glowing, Wearable, EL-Wire, Blinky Light – Link. EL wire […]
Here’s how to build a wireless FM microphone from “Popular Electronics May 1965” – Link.
Here’s how to make some cool looking artwork that would make a great t-shirt or desktop wallpaper – Link.
If you’ve ever seen that soothing “breathing” sleep indicator LED on Macs and want to use that same pattern for your electronics projects, here’s one way to reverse engineer it using a MIDIsense (featured in MAKE 07) – Link. Related: Breathing status LED indicator patent – Link.
