Even as I type this, the inky pages of our forthcoming Make: Books title, The Best of Instructables, are fluming their way through giant printing presses. Having been a printer for many years, I can hear the sounds and smell the ink from here. The book will be released at Maker Faire Austin, Oct 18th […]
Lorin writes in – Phantastron kits from Electric Western are in stock. They’re a great way to get started with tubes, analog computing and DIY synthesis (pre-1950 style). We provide all you need, including a case and the safe and sane power supply. You just solder and drill holes and assemble (1940s turret board style!). […]
More good stuff the folks @ Solarbotics – A solar-powered, night-activated dazzler. Comes with four high-intensity LEDs that “PUMMM” when the lights go out. That is, they turn on STRONG, then slowly fade away. This’d make a pretty sweet tech-braoch / geek corsage – for formal occasions, of course. – HexPummer Kit
Our pal Robert Oschler sent us this message: The first videos by actual owners of the long-awaited Spykee robot have just surfaced on the Web. In the video, the open source Spykee WiFi robot made by Meccano is put through its paces by biker blogger Sven. He shows the robot in unassembled form, then cuts […]
Grab this cool kit for Halloween. Sound activated, the ghost flashes his little red LED eyes, vibrates and makes scary sounds! Easy and fun to build. Hack it! Oh somebody please bend/mod the bejesus out of this thing – it’s begging for it! Hmmm … an alternate enclosure might be a good start … spooky […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Mark designed the handy USB Message Pump board – Attach an LCD display and feed the board text you want displayed via your computer. The Message Pump A.K.A. the USB to LCD Backpack is a device that allows you to connect a LCD display directly to your computer. It […]
What better way for a father and son to bond than by making and using solar powered audio oscillator kit? They even found a nice wooden enclosure for the project. More: Build: Solar Theremin The Solar Powered Theremin (Heliophone) Kit
