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Hello folks I’m back again with my PC Mod pic of the day- Project: Passive, built by Ville ‘Willek’ Kyrö. This guy went ahead and build a PC that uses all passive cooling, that is, no fans whatsoever! Let’s take a quick glance at what he did, and I’ll tell you why I think it’s […]
Google Zeitgeist 2008 is up, here are the top 10 “DIY searches”… DIY (Do It Yourself) diy wedding diy tv diy solar diy tile diy audio diy home diy halloween diy electric diy concrete diy car A lot of people come to the MAKE sites looking for these, here are some of what they’ll find! […]
Daniel Pon’s “Paradox Mouse” is an amazing piece of macabre retro-tech art. Too bad those 9mm rounds he used in its construction have already been fired. Where’s the excitement in that? Really an impressive piece of work. While you’re on his site, check out his equally impressive “Neo Victorian” monitor and keyboard. After completing my […]
Turn a spent AA battery into a secret USB data stash.
Using the undocumented MPTVOutWindow class, Steven Troughton-Smith was able to update his iPhone Doom port to enable TV-out and on screen controller support. Doom on the iPhone on a TV is a pretty big deal to start with, but the bigger story here is that in addition to the TV-out features, he was able to […]
Maya + Python + Arduino + Servo (Part 1) from Dan Thompson on Vimeo. Maya + Python + Arduino + Servo (Part 2) from Dan Thompson on Vimeo. I spend my days using a 3D animation package called Maya, and my nights building projects with Arduinos. Daniel Thompson is a visual effects artist who has […]
This iPhone app called “Record 001” by Hiroshi Okamura is a cool way to proclaim your dedication to old school records and turntables. The app lets you scratch a record on the device, the way you would on a regular turntable. You can backspin, pause, and scratch just you can an ordinary record, of course […]
