Knit BBQ
For everyone with the next 3 days off, have a great holiday weekend! Here’s a knitted BBQ from the CRAFT photo pool! – Link.
Month: September 2007
Self charging LED cactus
Here’s a cactus that lights up when it is dark, MAKE Flickr photo pool member Mleak writes – “First electronics project. During the day, when the (living) cactus gets sunlight, it charges itself up. In the night, when there’s no more sunlight, the cactus lights itself with an LED. – Link.
Make Podcast: High Speed Photography – Weekend Projects
Ever want to freeze a rose in liquid nitrogen and then smash it and catch the photograph of the rose just as it begins to shatter? Watch this video podcast to learn how! If you get inspired to make amazingly cool photographs, go get the Make: flash controller kit, and then upload your photos to […]
High-Speed Photography Instructions
Download this article to get all the details and instructions from Make: 04.
Robothon – This weekend for Seattle area Makers!
If you’re in the Seattle, WA area, go check out the Robothon – they have a robot rental and building workshop too… Paul writes – “As the site says, it’s a national event that showcases ROBOTS put on by the Seattle Robotics Society (http://www.seattlerobotics.org/) Best part? IT’S FREE. and two days long! Located at the […]
Weekend Projects Side Note: Balloon Vs. Liquid Nitrogen
As a videographer, I sometimes have to cut out extremely cool stuff. Well let me introduce Weekend Project Sidenotes, so that I can bring you odd and interesting clips I can’t abandon on the cutting room floor. Melvin brought liquid nitrogen to play with. Before he started distilling oxygen, we put a balloon in liquid […]
HOW TO – Build an Intel 8008 computer “Clock”
Len writes – “Here’ how to build an Intel 8008 computer that displays the time of day. This is the most authoritative site on the Internet for Intel 8008 design information. Complete schematics, software, and reference material are included.” – Link. Related: Other clock projects, how-tos and mods – Link.