MAKE Flickr photo pool member abstrakone is restoring an arcade machine using a PC as the brains and adding new hardware to make it work like a regular arcade machine. Follow the photos and how he did it here. For more details and resources on making your own arcade controls, here’s a good resource that MAKE reader Jake sent in. Link.
The Das keyboard is a pretty cool geeked out keyboard without letters on the keys- oddly enough I used an unmarked keyboard in the past during a project, the CEO of the company kept wanting to change things on the server, and the IT staff used a keyboard like this so he couldn’t- any way here’s a DIY version if you don’t want to pay the $80. [via] Link.
Great list! Vendors listed on this page sell miscellaneous and surplus hardware, tools, lab supplies, motors, adhesives, Dremel bits, screws, gizmos, and whatnots. Stuff you might need for successful hardware building and hacking, stuff you’re inclined to packrat until just the right project comes along. These people aren’t your average thick-cataloged every-part-number-under-the-sun guys—they’re the other guys; the random crap purveyors of the world. Link.
An experiment in constructing an autonomous flying robot. It utilizes blimp design principles, combining a helium filled envelope with 3-channel motor control allowing it to navigate in 3 dimensions. Schematics and C Source included. Link.
Learn to cast small resin and silicone parts while converting your static car models to exciting slot racers. Any 1:32 scale model car kit like the ones available from Airfix, Lindburg, Monogram or Revell can be made into a slot car with the addition of some simple parts and fabrication. Link.
Remember Steve? He posted some time lapse videos of making a drill press and using a lathe to make a neat looking table leg out of scrap wood- now he’s posted how he does his time lapse movies on his site. We reviewed the software (Boinx iStopMoption) in issue of 02 of MAKE. Link.
Another one to add to the LEGO project list- The VCR is controlled by the Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System. It has a motorized top-loading deck, working tape reel drive and IR remote control.The deck accepts a cassette that holds two reels of (imaginary) tape. Beta, VHS and now Technic. Link. Source included on the site.
