From the MAKE Flickr pool: This excellent “bug” synthesizer created by “noise performer” 23N!. A mini synthesizer (VCO/SLF/Noise) based on the complex sound generator SN76477. Three capacitors and three resistors are used to vary the sounds. The resistors can be replaced by a photoresistor (CdS), a phototransistor or a pot.
Lorajean of Lorajean’s Magazine shares a video tutorial for making these lovely origami boxes from wallpaper scraps. [via Giver’s Log]
Over on BoingBoing Maggie Koerth-Baker interviews Jordan Needham about the underwater fort he and his family built at the bottom of a lake.
Mike Davis built this DC generator from an old lawn edger and a permanent magnet DC motor. He writes: The inspiration behind this generator was to have a way to charge up my battery banks on days when the weather is cloudy and calm, when my solar panels and wind turbine aren’t providing much energy. […]
Mini Maker Faire RI is only a couple days away, and it looks like the weather’s going to cooperate with us in a big way. We’re holding the Faire in conjunction with Waterfire, and at latest count, we have 32 makers to show you a good time. We’ve got science makers, crafters, fabricators, artists, robots, electronics, vehicles, publications, housing, education, food and drink makers, sustainable tech, and more!
Electronic component shortages may last through 2011 via Chris… Memory chips and other fundamental components such as resistors and capacitors are in short supply after their makers slashed output, fired staff, put equipment purchases on hold or went out of business during the recession. In contrast to what happened in 2001 after the dot.com crash, […]
Crazy concept, right? Not really, just common sense. Of all the makers I’ve spoken to and interviewed in the past, most say that as children they learned through the insatiable desire to take things apart. In the current issue of MAKE, Volume 23, we profiled young Michigan maker Andrew Archer. At Maker Faire Detroit, I […]
