HOW TO – Cog embroidery
Tinkerrgirl writes – “I’ve just put up a new tutorial on how to embroider your own cogs and gears for Steampunk-ified clothing modification!” – Link.
Month: January 2007
Jeep waterfall – DIY version?
A MAKE reader writes in with a bit of speculation on Jeep’s water fall – “This is very cool and it doesn’t seem like it should be that hard to do. The tricky part would be finding affordable electronic valves that could open and close fast enough. They say it is similar to an inkjet […]
Flatland: The Movie (coming soon)
This is interesting, Flatland, the story of a 3rd dimensional visitor to 2D space, is going to be a movie (DVD 2007)… the trailer is pretty good – Link. “Flatland: The Movie is an animated film inspired by Edwin A. Abbott’s classic novel, Flatland. Set in a world of only two dimensions inhabited by sentient […]
HOW TO – Make a Resistor ring
Technick29 writes – “This is an Instructable on making a ring out of four (4) resistors and three (3) LEDs. This simple project is the perfect thing for your geek girlfriend with Valentine’s Day coming up. Things needed for this project: Four (4) resistors (I used 220k-ohm 1/2 watt, 5% ones because of their red […]
Synchronize Files Quickly and Easily on Windows
I like to switch between computers; I might prefer Mac OS X one minute, Linux the next, and Vista five minutes later. To make this work, I like to keep all my files in sync (sure, I could set up a file server at home, but I want this to work seamlessly if I leave […]
The Wii laptop
Good God, Ben Heck made a Nintendo Wii laptop and will later release the how-tos so you can make your own, excellent work Ben. He writes – “It’s the Wii laptop! We spent the last few weeks (including much time spent over the holidays evading relatives) slaving over this bad boy and finally it’s complete. […]
Video Critter game board
Owen writes – “The Game Board is designed to stack directly on top of the Video Critter or Video Critter Hi-Res boards, creating an entire audio/video system you can hold in your hand. It provides a USB connection for programming, and 8 buttons and 2 LEDs for creating your user interface. The board is layed […]