MAKE reader Rotwang has a mini book review of Batteries and Magnets Kid Kit “This book was my favorite book when I was about five or six. It’s all about how to make pretty simple games or toys out of stuff around the house. Like cardboard, tape, wires, batteries and lights. The book introduces children […]
Here’s a directional Wi-Fi antenna made from Labatt’s Blue cans – [via] – Link.
Here’s another PCB making how-to, this one from Per Svensson – “In this album I’ll show how I go about making my own PCB:s in a really simple way. I don’t use one single tool that isn’t already available in your kitchen. No fancy etch tanks, pumps or uv lamps are needed. Read on and […]
The latest The Citizen Scientist has a good how to for making a DIY macro lens for a Casio EX-Z120 – “To assemble a macro lens for your camera, you need the cap of a film container like the one shown in Fig. 1. Use a knife to cut away the center of the cap […]
KABUKISTAR writes – “This tutorial will show you how to create an awesome-looking panoramic photograph, using a normal point-and-shoot camera, without any special lenses.” – Link.
Wan writes “Reuse some of your tradeshow LED goodies and make a LED light bulb.” – Link.
Jason0x21 writes “The “Vehicle Mount” for my Garmin GPS comes with double sided sticky tape for affixing to any flat surface, but who has a flat surface in their car anymore? I decided to cast a latex “wedge” to fit the curved surface of my dash to the flat surface of the mount (using two […]
