Mark and Dale were on the Charles Osgood show, take a listen, it’s short but sweet! – “Make” shows you how to build such diverse objects as cannons that shoot potatoes and street legal electric cars. It also gives step-by-step guides to soup up your high-tech gadgets. The magazine’s philosophy of hacking into anything and […]
“Origami boat is a light folding dinghy for sailing fun. Almost three meters long, Origami boat carries one adult and its extreme lightweight structure makes it exciting to sail. Afterwards it folds up into a flat pack to the same size as a windsurf board…” It’s pretty short on details, but the imagination is tall. […]
One of my favorite modders/hadrware hackers Benjamin Heckendorn has a good how-to on making your own VGA cable for an Xbox 360, he writes – “Recent Xbox 360 updates have allowed the system to spit out resolutions up to 1080p, and with the new HD DVD add-on drive there’s more reason than ever to use […]
Lars writes – “I got tired of the poor memory functions of my thermometer so I built my own thermometer. I could see the maximum and minimum temperature on the thermometer I had but I wanted to know when those readings were recorded. So I needed the thermometer to have it’s own clock. In order […]
This site has a ton of photos from the 1890s and 1930s: farm machinery, country crafts, steam engines, historical planes and some really interesting alternative transportation… – [via] – Link.
Bob writes – “The oxygen sensor simulator as built on a protoboard. Note the cigarette lighter plug used for power source. The adjustment knob is at the left, and the switch is on the right. The red indicator LED is in the middle. Only use red, because the voltage drop of the LED is part […]
We cover lots of weird maker-made chairs and even robotic chairs, so it’s a nice treat to see the history of the folding chair – “Many centuries the folding chair was considered one of the most important pieces of furniture in the house and a prized status symbol. In ancient civilizations folding stools were used […]
