$60 jib “The Poor Man’s Jib”
Michael sent in how to build your own camera jib from $60 worth of do-it-yourself store supplies… $60 jib “The Poor Man’s Jib” – Link.
Month: February 2007
HOW TO – Make your own slot machine
Tinkergirl writes – Tim Hunkin makes unusual and often funny old-style mechanical arcade machines for Southwold Pier, and has a couple of pages on how he makes his devices and what parts he uses. I desperately need to make a Steampunk themed one now. underthepier/coin_mechanisms – Link.
Vixy.net: Online FLV-to-MP4 Converter
Here’s an online service that will transcode FLVs for you into several common formats, such as AVI/DivX, MOV/MPEG4, 3GP, etc. I’ve only had a chance to try it on a couple videos, but it seems to work well. You can submit a YouTube URL or a direct link to an FLV and it will kick […]
Ask Nathan Ball about his battery-powered rope ascender and needle-free injection technology projects
Nathan Ball who made this battery-powered rope ascender (and needle-free injection technology projects) that’s making its way around the news sites agreed to answer questions from MAKE readers, so post up your questions in the comments and once we get a enough good ones we’ll pass them along and post the questions & answers back […]
LoveM Memory Chocolates technology sketch
Todbot writes – Another technology sketch from my company ThingM. This time it’s Valentine’s Day-themed, with LoveM, a heart-shaped box of “memory chocolates”. LoveM is a Technology Sketch of an augmented box of chocolates that displays personal memories on an LCD screen as chocolates are removed from the box. It attempts to evoke joy and […]
ShopDropping
Consumerist points to Kelly Loudenberg’s video about the “shopdropping” a recent workshop with our friends from Eyebeam – Shopdropping is a tactic used by artists and activists to clandestinely place altered or recreated objects into retail stores. Handmade labels were printed out for students to color, cut, and paste. The project featured real people who […]
CRAFT Valentine’s Day Card Contest Winners!
Nat @ CRAFT posted up the winners from the CRAFT Valentine’s Day Card contest – Happy Valentine’s Day Crafters! Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our “Recycle Your Heart” CRAFT Valentine’s Day Card contest. We got such creative and amazing entries in that it was hard to pick just 3 winners. Thanks […]