HOW TO – Cog Embroidery
Phil @ MAKE shows us that Tinkergirl has a tutorial up on her blog, Brass Goggles on how to embroider your own cogs and gears for “Steampunk-ified clothing modification”! [ via ] Link.
Month: January 2007
HOW TO – 5 transistor PIC programmer (wire-wrapped onto an index card)
Klee27x writes – “Make your own PIC programmer for your computer’s parallel port. This is a variation of David Tait’s classic design. It is very reliable and there is good programming software available for free. I like IC-Prog and PICpgm programmer.” – Link.
Quasicade EX Arcade cabinet review (video)
James writes – “We’ve just released the first Retro Thing TV segment. The plan is to release a broad series of short videos over the next few months that explore vintage technology using an approach which goes beyond the static pages of retrothing.com. The first segment is a five minute video review featuring Retro Thing […]
MiniPov kit mod – Get a taxi in Singapore
JRL modded the MiniPov kit we sell in the MAKE store to hail taxi’s better in Singapore. Turn it on, choose the text and as you wave it around it spells words in the air… “Immediately I had in mind an application for it which would be to hail a taxi in Singapore. I have […]
DIY improvement to Apple’s ear bud headphones
Fstedie writes – “If you’re like me, you’ve noticed that the sound and fit of your Apple ear bud headphones is not the greatest. Here’s an easy way to improve both their sound and fit: Find or buy an old Jabra cell phone head set. Ditch the headset and keep the ear gels (I found […]
HOW TO – Make a metal “MAKE:”…
We’ve covered many of the outstanding projects from FrankG and now he’s gone and made us blush… He writes – “I’ve just completed a small metal casting project based on the “Make:” Logo. I was hoping that I could send it along to you as a small token of my appreciation for the “Blog” Coverage […]
Taking the Solar system’s magnetic pulse– Experiment kit
Shawn writes – “Over the past 12 months, hundreds of families have downloaded instructions from SAS’s sister site, SciFair.org, for an extraordinary science project. The instructions explain how to build a remarkable device that is so incredibly sensitive, it can easily detect the magnetic field generated by the solar wind. The sun sprays out into […]