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Aram writes “TV-Filter allows you to downsample an ongoing TV signal to 6 by 8 pixels in real-time. A translucent projection screen is mounted on a 5 cm deep cardboard grid. The color and intensity of each pixel is determined by the corresponding part of the TV screen on the backside. The different color information […]
Fibra has -another- neat project, this one is for building a DIY rainstick – “Rainstick originally comes form South American indians. They used to fill sun dried hollow cactus with small rocks, and stick its pins around cactus all the way down in form of a spiral. For homebuilt DIY rainstick you can use any […]
Jschuch writes “So, the title of the eBay auction was “large rectifier”, and sure enough the photo showed a couple of what appeared to be large heatsinks with stud diodes inbetween them. Opening bid was $0.99, and the seller is near my house (a clearance business that moves thousands of ebay lots per day) so […]
Who needs to wear boring old ties when you can refashion them? The ties in this Flickr set have all been silkscreened, cut apart, riveted, and stitched to distinctly new heights. Here at left are vintage World War II US Army officer’s tie with early gas mask imagery. At the right, more vintage gas mask […]
Flymissy posted this up to the CRAFT Flickr Pool, a great looking crochet flower necklace made from strips of recycled plastic grocery bags. Link. Related: Free Crochet Flower Patterns – Link. MAKE Post: Crochet Grocery Bay Tote – Link. MAKE Post: Shoes Made from Grocery Bags – Link.
Congratulations to MAKE pal I-Wei’s Steam Trilobite Tank winning the Gold Medal of Best of Show RoboGames 2006! – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Fibra posted up a cool homemade MIDI controller – “This is homebuilt MIDI controller for NI Traktor. The panel is made of laser cut / engraved, scratch-acid-UV-resistant, very durable plastic. Everything is built into black painted C64 case which was absolutely perfect for this use. “ – Link.
