Andrew writes – “Daniel Shiu and I worked on this as a joint project after we finished our rendition of Escher’s “Ascending and Descending”, making it our fourth Escher picture rendered in LEGO. Once again, no camera tricks, but the picture has to be taken from exactly the right place, and boy did we get […]
Interesting OpenWRT project – “The approach of the Green-WiFi project is to use software, hardware, and components easily available and low cost, but assembled and compiled to make smart use of technology. Following the MIT roof net approach, this project is using off the shelf hardware from Netgear and open source wireless grid software. The […]
Simple how-to on making a book out of paper bag – “For centuries, people have made books from all sorts of materials and in all shapes and sizes. While most books today are printed in large numbers and are bound mechanically, some are made by hand. A handmade book is special in that you probably […]
Neat collection of hundreds of photos of old handheld games, including box art – “Browse through pics & details to more than 660 boxed handheld and tabletop games, from the 70s and 80s. Check for the game you had as a child, or be amazed by the endless variety of portable, old-school electronic toys. “ […]
The MAKE team couldn’t venture out to Vegas this year to DEFCON, but we have operatives on the scene taking photos for your enjoyment, here are the first round of images, check the stream to see new ones all weekend – Link. If any crazy hack/make/anything happens at DEFCON that’s MAKE related, we’ll post it […]
Jamie9999 writes – “Why pay megabucks for a fancy Soldering Iron stand when you can build one yourself with scrap? Or, why use that flimsy plastic stand that comes with your cheap pencil soldering iron, and risk burns, fire, or melted stuff?” – Link. More: Soldering and Desoldering. Step-by-step instructions for making (and unmaking) the […]
Mikemel writes – “Dig all the (for the most part) homebuilt bikes. A good portion of these bikes are made from parts pulled from dumpsters and junkyards. Any link with a hammer to it or labeled “own” is a bike that was built up from the tubing entirely by its rider. Should be inspiration for […]
