Hans writes – This LED Matrix Clock is a feasability study for a much larger project I am building for my employer, Click here for a larger photo (800 x 350, 36K). The intention was to prove to myself (and my employer!) that I am able to drive an LED matrix from a PC. This […]
JMiller writes – I was inspired by some of the recent time lapse projects I’ve seen lately on the MAKE blog to do my own, using Arduino and a digital camera. time lapse decomposition – Link & video.
Daqq writes – The Concealed codelock (CC for short) is a design of mine, which can be used in a similar fashion as a safe lock… The rotation sensor used here is just a simple 10k potentiometer. The concealability in this is that you can use a double potentiometer. One part of the potentiometer will […]
Here’s another beginner electronics page to bookmark if/when needed when you’re start out learning electronics… This page is for people who want to get started with electronics. The web needs a good tutorial on this subject which doesn’t assume prior knowledge or experience, and since I have yet to find one, and “Find a need […]
There are now two Maker Saturday webcasts that we did live at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, available at explo.tv. The first one was Making Your Own Train Car with Paul Cesewski. Paul builds rides as a member of Cyclecide and he got the idea to build his own train car and ride the abandoned […]
These straws look like a lot of fun, the $13 set comes with 20 rubber connectors and 16 straw parts to make your own drinking straw contraption… – [via] Link.
Papercraft and balloon artist (no, really) Twyst, inspired by Make pal Jake von Slatt’s brass etching experiments, has been doing some etching projects of his own. On his site, Twysted Method, he’s made available several templates of cogs and flourishes (in .psd format) suitable for brass etching art. Steampunk templates [Via] – Link
