HALF LIFE 2 Rube Goldberg Contraptions
While browsing the Google Video wonderland, I stumbled on these virtual Rube Goldberg contraptions. Despite the carnage, they are fun to watch! HL2 Rube Link and HL2 Rube Reloaded Link.
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HOW TO – Make fantastic PCB’s everytime
Here’s how to make PCBs from the Head-Fi forums – Link. Pictured here, our Primer on PCBs… Related: Printed Circuit Boards. Step-by-step instructions for making your own PCBs at home. MAKE 02 – Page 164 (subscriber’s – log in). Lots and lots of PCB articles and how-tos – Link.
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MAKE Podcast:Microsofties Make Bugbots at Maker Faire
What do you get when you combine a capacitor, some LEDs, and a solar cell? A B.E.A.M. Bug Bot! B.E.A.M. stands for Biology Electronics Aesthetics Mechanics which means that the robots are inspired by biology which means bugs. Vic De Leon and Stewart Tansley, explained that the solar cell doesn’t put out enough power to […]
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Make Movie Festival:
The Make Movie Festival was a great success! Phillip Torrone, David Pescovitz, and I worked together to gather all the submissions and explore the internet to find more movies about makers and making things. The movies were shown at the festival on the main stage between presentations. With so many great entries it was hard […]
Continue ReadingMAKE – See us on YouTube
Yay! MAKE is in the new “Director” group on YouTube, so we’ll have a lot of new videos to check out soon – for now, check out our visit to Squid Labs! (Testing out a new YouTube feature…). Oh, AND – If you’re a Maker out there with video that you’ve made – join our […]
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MAKE VIDEO PODCAST – Car with voice recognition capabilities
New video! Bre writes – Bre and his friend Cielito hung out in Ajay‘s car with voice controlled functionality. His speech recognition system is set it up with 4 mics, two of which capture his voice and the other two cancel noise interference. With the windows wide open in traffic, Ajay was able to boss […]
Continue ReadingMAKE VIDEO PODCAST- Testing high speed flash photography kits…
With our kits you can capture high-speed events, splashes, popping balloons and breaking glass. It’s an adjustable flash controller triggered by light or sound. Our kit includes a high-speed flash, disposable camera, flash controller and fully assembled flash trigger that synchronizes the high-speed event and the flash. Also included is a 6-ft cable connects your high-speed flash to the flash controller, and all the tools needed to precisely time your high-speed picture. Flash controller is adjustable, so the flash can be triggered by soft sounds, loud sounds, a laser pointer, or a flashlight. The kit also includes digital output that can trigger other external flashes, such as the SnapShot II strobe light. But, how do we test each unit before we ship them? Here’s great video with Tom Anderson from Quaketronics showing you what we do! Link (MP4). Click here to get the video with iTunes! This video should work on PC/Mac/Linux/iPod video and PSP (let us know if it does not).
