Tim shows how to turn an old refrigerant can into an air can – “Nice for filling up air mattresses, bike tires, blowing dust out of your computer, etc etc. This is a useful thing to have. If you ever get your car stuck in soft sand, snow, or mud, there’s an easy way to […]
I really like these DIY “over” shoes from artist Eelko Moorer. [via] – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member ThePhoton is still hard at work on the Nixie clock, here is the latest, the case – Link. Bonus, here’s a video of it in action – Link (Divx).
ZapWizard writes – “I wanted to make a PC with a rustic look. It needed to look good in the living room without screaming “I’m a PC!” or looking like a disco jukebox full of lights. I had lots of wood left over from the Redwood PC mod, it is very pretty wood and a […]
Simon writes – “Inspired by several other mad scientist lamps featured in the Make blog previously I made my own version using an old analogue meter and a vernier dial as a dimmer control. There isn’t a huge amount of detail on the site I am afraid since these things seem to follow a ‘make […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Csc934 and his students deconstructed and then made their own self powered “shake” flashlights – Link.
EWH writes – “In the developing world, engineers do not have adequate resources to properly repair medical equipment. The development of a low cost electrocardiogram (ECG) tester would greatly enhance an engineer’s ability to debug problems in current ECG machines. This project seeks to create a low cost alternative to current ECG simulators that, despite […]
