In November, I had the opportunity to travel to Seattle for a Magic: The Gathering tournament. While I was there, I visited the headquarters of TwinTech, a small company run by identical twin brothers, Steve and Chris Burrows, who manufacture a small rack-building set called MicroRAX. At the time, a similar set, called MakerBeam, was […]
Evil Mad Scientist Labs posted a thorough update to their accelerometer tutorial using ADXL335 breakout board, ATMega168 chip, and LEDs as indicators – The big idea is that when there is no acceleration in (say) the X-axis direction, both X-axis LEDs are off. When it detects acceleration one way, the red LED lights up (and […]
Corrine on Threadbanger shows us how to crochet a simple headband for keeping your ears warm this winter, with a few different embellishment ideas.
Darin is doing some amazing work to upgrade and test the aerodynamic improvements to his Pontiac Firefly, which was sold in the US as the Geo Metro. These cars were often sneered at for rolling off the assembly line with a tiny 3 cylinder engine. They didn’t sport much power, but they also went an incredibly long distance on a gallon of gas. Excellent data and documentation of the mods is available at MetroMPG, and on EcoModder.
From the MAKE Flickr pool Mark Demers shows off the latest from Spikenzie Labs, Four in a line – a laser-cut Connect Four style game which looks a heckuva lot slicker than its retail counterpart. I’ve always been a last minute Christmas shopper and it has usually worked out. This year I had a request […]
Eating black eyed peas on New Year’s Day is a tradition for bringing luck in the coming year. Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club figures if you incorporate your black eyed peas into your crafting, you’ll be doubly lucky! Check out her fun project for transforming a simple embroidery design into a retro-kitsch decor item.
Using BlueMaemo, the Bluetooth multi-tool for Maemo, you can turn your Nokia N900 into a PS3 controller. Install the latest alpha via the application manager with extras-devel enabled. The above video is in Italian.
