Interview with Janus wireless and their 5 Wi-Fi card packet capturing Linux box. This is a special enhanced podcast (this file plays images and links in iTunes and on iPod color devices). Right click or Control + click to download this M4B to your local system. iTunes: Click this link and click SUBSCRIBE. ODEO: click here.
There are tons of kits out there, ranging from make your own hot sauce to build your own fiberglass and wood spherical treehouse kits. So, what are your favorites? What kits have you used, what did you like about them? Email us at — editor at makezine dot com and let us know. We’re cooking up a kit article for our 4th volume!
Ask Metafilter has a good discussion on choosing a multimeter. I’m ready to make the plunge into electronics repair/circuit building but I’m wondering what I should look for in a multimeter and electronics tool kit? Aside from auto-ranging, I’m not sure what features to look for in the multimeter, and are there any particularly good reasonably priced tool kits? Link.
Finkbuilt writes- I am serializing the construction of the Grizzly Ukulele kit. I thought that you might be interested. I’ve known about the Grizzly guitar kits for a while and always thought that it would be neat to build one. A recent investigation into the ukulele sub-culture has pushed me past the tipping point where interest threatens to crescendo into obsession. The only way to get over it was going to be to dive right in, so I ordered up a Grizzly uke kit. Link.
These look really amazing. Free Spirit Spheres has commenced limited production of the 3.2 metre fibreglass sphere tree houses and now has sphere shells and kits available for the DIY market. Orders are now also being taken for the wooden shells and component kits and fully-finished made-to-order wooden Free Spirit Spheres. Shells can also be rented for the night (if you’re in Canada). Link.
Resource, links and kits for building your own thing to launch other things. Here is a collection of what plans we’ve been able to collect from around the web. These are compiled from several sources by many people. Some are suitable for physics projects, and some are for more serious hobbyists. You’ll have to figure out which ones are right for you. Link.
Neat videos. Self-described as a cross between a mechanical engineer and a choreographer, Ganson creates contraptions composed of a range of materials from delicate wire to welded steel and concrete. Most are viewer-activated or driven by electric motors. All are driven by a wry sense of humor or a probing philosophical concept. Link.
