Wil @ Engadget has a good how-to on setting running network wiring around your home/biz – “Wherever you call home, it probably didn’t come wired up for that most precious of home utilities: internet access. Sometimes wireless networking can only take you so far. Guerrilla network wiring might sound a little strong, but sometimes it […]
The CrumleyFamily posted some build photos of their homemade wooden coaster bike in the MAKE Flickr photo pool they made (picture here, start and finish) – “About a year ago, Alli’s Mom pointed out a wooden coaster bike that would be a cool toy for Fuller someday. I had seen pictures of them before and […]
Spark Fun Electronics, one of our favorite Maker-electronics spots on the web has some new goodies… The HMC6352 – an all in one compass solution, new cameras for the GM862 cellular modules, the E700 camera breakout board (pictured here), hemostats and a igitally controlled 2A switch. – Link.
Here’s a neat gallery of hand carved nickels, called “Hobo nickels” – from Wikipedia – “The hobo nickel is a sculptural art form involving the creative modification of small-denomination coins, essentially resulting in miniature bas reliefs. The nickel, because of its size, thickness, and relative softness, was a favored coin for this purpose. However, the […]
TheOtherSimon has some pretty interesting camera mods to take panoramic photos, he writes – “Make a panoramic camera that shoots onto 2 frames of 35mm film out of a nimslo 3d stereo camera and an old Delmonta twin lens reflex. The Nimslo is a camera that has 4 lenses (count em) and was designed to […]
We’ve had a few shopping cart related projects and articles on MAKE, from a “shopper chopper” to making furniture from them, this new book The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification looks like a modern day bird watchers guide, urbanized for spotting shopping carts in the various habitats – […]
Silas shows you how to add LEDs that light up when the buttons are pressed on a NES controller, nice update to a retro pad – “So I’ve noticed that there’s “a lot” of people, talking about how they would add LED’s to their NES pads, that lights when a button is pressed. Sadly noone […]
