Tm36usa writes “Easily receive WIFI signals from far away using a standard USB WIFI adaptor and a bit of ingenuity. This Simple idea requires no modifications to a USB WIFI adaptor or your computer. A simple way to increase the signal strength and range of your WIFI. Plus it works with all USB WIFI adaptors” […]
Don’t toss your candy or gum wrappers. Make a bracelet out of them. From Cat Morley, “Recycle your old sweetie wrappers in to a cute bracelet. Here’s a project that I use to do back in high school to pass the time. The best part is that you get to munch loads of sweets to […]
“Oops I dropped my yarn” (bottom left) could be the title of this photo that knitter Jen Greenwood (bottom right) caught on camera at last night’s Stitch N’ Pitch at the SF Giants. As a contract instructional designer for the Apple Retail Team, Jen’s an also an avid knitter and SF Giants fan. Jen sums […]
Ye olde vector games brought back from the dead on a new vector generating board. After collecting vector games for years, the realization that you can never have them all sank in, and we looked for an alternative. Why not build a Vector Generator that would somehow attach to a standard PC and run all […]
Chuck told me that he has a “Yano” doll coming to him in the mail to hack up and pointed me to this robotic hack of the doll. I postulate that it is the child of yoda and a gremlin. The main focus of this project had to do with creating an easy method for […]
The Weekend Projects Podcast continues with the Rodent Powered Nightlight! Make sure to check out the previous post full of instructions. This project can be found in the print or digital version of Make: 06. The article in the magazine by William Gurstelle, was inspired by the folks over at otherpower.com who came up with […]
Make sure to download the PDF for this project and print it out to look at as you make this project. Also make sure to watch the video that goes along with these instructions! To begin, I needed a rodent wheel. I chose the mouse wheel, because when I visited the pet store, the mice […]
