Astrophotography with a modded Quickcam…
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Ben Sinclair modified a Quickcam 4000 and used an 8″ Meade LX-200 to take this photo of Saturn Link. Have cool things you’ve made? Join the MAKE Flickr photo pool!
DIY Projects
HOW TO – Make PCB’s with a laser printer
Here’s how to make printed circuit boards with a laser printer Link. See previous PCB how-tos. Also, check out our extremely thorough “Primer” in MAKE Volume 02. Subscribers can log in and read it now.
Cigarbox purse
Shawn picked an awesome homemade cigar box purse. As you can tell, this is really simple to make and since cigar boxes are usually beaultifully illustrated, could be a fun project Link. Speaking of cigar boxes – see our previous posts and projects about them, including making your own electric guitar with one! Article (MAKE […]
NES controller DS case mod
Here’s a pretty cool mod to make a Nintendo DS look like an old NES controller. [via] Link.
Wi-Fi to go & make your own…
David Pogue at the New York times has a round up of “portable hot spots” you can use to provide WiFi wherever you go, including one of my favorite ones – the Junxion box – Link. I use an EVDO card with my Mac and broadcast WiFi when traveling, but you can also make your […]
Touch screen for $39
More cheap-electronics-for-parts! This is a good one, a touch screen you put on your PC for $39 – it’s meant for little kids to point and play games, but I bet you can use this as a touch screen for other things. [via Michael on the Dorkbot list] Link.
Virtual Breadboarding in Linux…
James sent in an open source Linux program that does all the things we previously posted (the Windows based “Virtual Breadboarding“) and much more (including PIC compilation, modeling, and programming – “KTechlab provides a powerful environment for electronic circuits and microcontrollers. This includes simulation of a variety of components (logic, integrated, linear, nonlinear and reactive), […]