Cheap Mic stand and pop shield
James writes “Here’s a microphone stand and pop shield built from a coathanger, a circle of metal, an old sock and some gaffer tape.” – Link.
Month: May 2006
Steam Armatron
Crabfu SteamWorks writes “Steam Powered Armatron Hack. Taking the best toy ever made – Armatron, and hacking it to be powered by a steam engine. There are no electronics or batteries what so ever, purely a mechanical robotic arm powered by steam.” – Link.
GRL at Maker Faire…
RESISTOR sent in the GRL video from Maker Faire – “The Graffiti Research Lab just returned from a tour of California sponsored by the Eyebeam OpenLab and Make Magazine. The G.R.L. met up in San Mateo, CA to create a geek mural on a 1974 school bus at the Maker Faire. Agents Lonely Guy, Micromonster, […]
The Cameratruck – Pinhole camera truck
Clara writes “We’re currently setting up an exhibit Spain’s largest and most prestigious photography festival, about the one month road trip we’ve made around Spain aboard a 5 meter truck we’ve converted into a giant pinhole camera. We’ve taken over 80 photos all around the Iberian peninsula, 20 of which will be exhibited in Madrid […]
HandySwipe portable magnetic card reader
Here’s a good portable mag card reader – “The HandySwipe provides a portable magnetic card reader interface and display. It collects card data from a “Type 2″ card reader (shown here), and displays the data on a small character LCD screen. Type 2 stripes are by far the most common in use, such as on […]
EL wire eye candy
Guerroloco’s EL Wirte project is now up on Instructables, he writes – “This project uses electroluminescent wire (a.k.a. “EL wire”) to create a glowing, flashing, spinning piece of eye candy that could be used as decoration, a disco light for a dance party, or just for taking cool photos. This is definitely a work in […]
Make Podcast: Lee Krasnow Makes Puzzles
Lee Krasnow is a puzzle maker who makes puzzles that make the mind boggle. His passion for puzzle making runs strong and in this video he shares some of his puzzles and construction tips. This binary puzzle takes 64 moves to get the first piece out and then 32 for the next peice, and I’m […]