Analog Projection Clock
Spiritus of Yekaterinburg, the Russian Federation, built this analog projection clock with a mirror and a surface-mount white LED.
Technology
How-To: Set Up An Electronics Lab
Dave Jones from the Electronics Engineering Video Blog shows us what tools he recommends for a starter electronics lab. He makes a few surprisingly inexpensive recommendations for multimeters, oscilloscopes, function generators, bench power supplies, soldering stations, and many other tools and supplies. I, for one, am taking very careful notes on this excellent video since […]
Printable Strandbeests
The amazing Meredith Yayanos, of Coilhouse (my hands-down favorite art/culture actual-print zine), posted news of these awesome mini versions of kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen’s now-iconic Strandbeests. They’re 3D printed, already assembled, and available for sale by Shapeways. Sweet. They’re not that cheap, at 106 bucks a pop, but hey, it’s art, it’s future tech, it’s […]
Junction Box Stash Spot – Tiny Yellow House
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is back again with a new episode of Tiny Yellow House, all about building your own secret stash box from a (non-live) electrical junction box. This is a fun way to hide your cash and valuables, and costs only about $10 to build. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the […]
Listen to the Future & the Past with the Chronotune
Hackerspace i3 Detroit’s Chronotune lets you turn the dial to ‘hear the past’… This was our entry into the Red Bull Creation Challenge. Everyone is crossing our fingers that this will qualify us for the finals in NYC. Please show your support by spreading this video around the web. If you want to see the […]
In the Maker Shed: Pixel Qi Display
The Pixel Qi screen from the Maker Shed is a revolutionary plug-and-play LCD display technology for your netbook. This one-of-a-kind 10.1-inch display offers two modes, an easy-to-read multimedia color mode, or a crisp low power e-reader mode.
For Sale: Full-Scale Saturn V F-1 Engine Model
Nineteen feet tall. Twelve feet in diameter. “The F-1 is still the most powerful single-chamber liquid-fueled rocket engine ever put into service. Manufactured by Rocketdyne, five F-1 engines were used in the first stage of each Saturn V rocket, each generating 1.5 million pounds-force of thrust—more than all three Space Shuttle main engines combined.”