Hey Makers, This is David J. Neff and you may know me as the MAKE Halloween blogger, but after meeting all the guys and gal from MAKE at Maker Faire Austin 2008 they thought I should join the party that’s still going on. So I have been asked to build some of the kits from […]
Best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a keychain that turns off TVs in public places, Mitch Altman is interested in any technology that gives people more choices for improving their lives. You don’t have to be a Buddhist monk to meditate, or a Sleeping Beauty to sleep well. Achieve these altered states of consciousness, and others, […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool ProdMod made this charger/light combo for use with Flip cameras using just 2 AA batteries with a DC step-up circuit – double handy! – ProdMod Video Light and Charger for Flip camcorder More: ProdMod LED Camera Light Kit v1.1 MintyBoost USB Charger Kit v2.0
Gakken’s New Edison-style Cup Phonograph Kit is a cylinder recorder that uses a needle to cut sound waves onto plastic cups. This kit lets you relive the excitement of Thomas Edison as he successfully recorded and played back sound for the first time on a similar cylinder recording system back in 1877. Thomas Edison first […]
Here’s the MAKE 2008 gift guide from MAKE volume 16 (PDF). If you have your printed copy of MAKE it’s on page 18, a pull out, and in the digital edition it’s at the end. I also wanted to post up a great article by our associate publisher Dan Woods called “The value of a […]
Curious Inventor has just released the Stribe touch LED controller project as a modular kit – Each Stribe1 has a touch strip and double column of LEDs that can display and control music and video programs. Multiple Stribe1’s can be daisy-chained together to form a low-res, multi-touch display. Use with Max/MSP or other software to […]
Bogged down by that big old oscillating clunker? Feel the freedom of the SIG Theremin Watch! (Hmmm, I’d be interested in seeing how a wearable theremin antennae performs) Now all we need is the dual mounted helmet version to complete the set. From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Mini-Theremin
