Joe Grand LED DEFCON badges
Check out the badges Joe Grand from Grand Idea Studios made for DEFCON – Link. Here are some articles of his from MAKE – Joe also made the MAKE Simon game that’s in our MAKE store right now – Link.
Month: August 2006
Build an air conditioned tent, model rocket launcher / altimeter and a skateboard speedometer
Our pals at Design News have an awesome “Gadget Freak: Backyard Barbeque Bonanza” with 4 projects (all with full build instructions) – Air Conditioned Tent Be a happy camper and stay cool as a cucumber in the sweltering heat! This portable cooling device ensures complete climate control in even the most humble of tents. Plus […]
Alligator clip capacitor discharger
Remmelt writes – “This is a yellow lead with two alligator clips on the ends. It has a 15K Ohm 5W resistor in the middle, made somewhat pretty and lots more safe with shrinktube. It functions as a capacitor discharging line: one end on the + side, the other on the -. Wait, done. I […]
Make Podcast: Weekend Projects – Picnic Geometry
In this weeks video edition of Weekend Projects, learn to make geometric spheres from all sorts of things you might find at a picnic. Watch the video to see how to build an icosohedron out of paper plates, cups, and plastic sheeting. This is a great project to do as a family, just make sure […]
Weekend Projects – Picnic Geometry Instructions
This is a companion post to the Make magazine’s Weekend Projects Podcast I love the look of domes and geometric spheres, and this week we are going to make some out of things that you might find around the house or at a picnic. Making geometric speres is fun, and you end up with something […]
YarisWorks wrap up
Last night was one of the YarisWorks events happening around SF where Phil and I checked out the “DIY accessories” workshop at Bar of Contemporary Art in San Francisco. There was soap making (where you can put fun little animals in molds), glass etching and a sewing station run by Stitch Lounge. With tons of […]
PingPongPixel – Display made from ping pong balls
Displaying images using ping pong balls as pixels – “The whole installation exsists out of 2 units. The first is the display-unit, the other one is the cabinet where we store, sort and dispense the balls. The Display-unit is about 2 by 3 meters, The produced picture is aprox. 2,40 mtrs by 1,80! One pixel […]
