If you hang out in the user created virtual world Second Life one of the popular things to do is use animations for dancing, interaction, avatar personality and using for filming (also called Machinima) – animations are usually created with Poser, but now there’s a new free way to create the animation files (.BVH) . […]
The Exploratorium has hundreds of simple experiments, hands on activities, projects and things to make! [via] Link.
One more old book from Cpikas! – “The Chemical Formulary – about 15 volumes from 1933 to 1957 with recipes for everything from pyrotechnics to vegetable soup! Includes recipes for hair pomade and flares… Very, very cool… The Chemical Formulary: Collection of Commercial Formulas for Making Thousands of Products in Many Fields – Amazon.
Matt used the box art we are giving to MAKE subscribers and made his own MAKE box (that was fast!) – he writes “I chopped up the wrap PDF with PS to print on 2 8.5 x 11 inch cardstock. Cut, folded and then put together with clear tape.” Link to photos Previously: How to […]
Here’s a fun site that pops out a PDF for letter writing without envelopes, cutting or glue – “All you need to send one is a printer, an A4 or Letter-sized sheet of paper and a stamp. The letter is the envelope! It holds itself closed, secured by the stamp – so it doesn’t even […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member csc934 has a photo set of his visit to American Museum of Radio and Electricity, certain to generate a lot of project ideas, he writes – “This was a neat museum in Bellingham, WA USA. They were very helpful. The theremin was fun to play. Many of the displays looked […]
Here’s an interesting MP3 player, it’s a Swiss army knife music player. Supports MP3, WMA, WAV and OGG along with FM and voice recording, drag and drop music management (no weird software needed) – It also comes with a “flight mode” sleeve sans knives. Link.
