Hey Makers – Any large format printing, vehicle wrappers interested in working on a MAKE magazine project with Mister Jalopy? He is looking for a local Los Angeles company to partner with for a MAKE article about wrapping a car. Super exposure and a co-writing credit! Drop Mister Jalopy an email at misterjalopy@gmail.com
It’s LED day today it seems – “Want to make a neat courier bag light? This light goes through the straps on a timbuk 2 bag and blinks in really cool patterns using a BS2. You’ll need: 16 x 470 ohm Resistors, 16 x LEDs 24 Pin IC Socket on/off switch, 9v Battery 9v Battery connector, 9 x Molex KK Connectors, 18″ 3/4″ Flat webbing, Breadboard, Wire… oh you’ll need some wire.” Link.
We’ve seen a Harley PC case mod, but we’re wondering if there are Makers out there that are also Harley-Davidson owners, modders, and hacker. If so, let us know – post in the comments! Link.
John writes “Did you run out and buy a big old string of white LED Christmas lights because you just knew that they were of the sweetest hackability? I know I did, and I’m going to build one of these right lights and keep it with my camera gear. You never know when your going to need a bit of fill light when doing a closeup, shooting a macro image, or just need somthing to make retroreflective things come alive.” Link.
The Spy Gear Night Vision Goggles generated quite a lot of interest in the wearable community since it’s basically a very low cost (~$50 USD) eyetap / wearable display. Here are some technical details on the Googles, which are basically a low cost camera and display. Great low cost way to make yourself more cyborganic. Link.
Francisco writes – “Amazing electronic DIY projects and absolutely incredible craftmanship. The Peasant is dedicated to inexpensive, easy, and fun Do-It-Yourself electronics projects, particularly those which involve music production and reproduction as well as alternative energy. The color organ stars shown are built point to point, using a technique that I had never seen before. A MUST to check out if you’ve ever soldered anything!” Link.
Make your own LED tank top “84 LEDs, a microcontroller and battery were sewn onto a tank top with conductive thread to create a wearable LED matrix display…the shirt is initialized with a glider on the back of the shirt and a blinker on the front. Periodically, a new glider is added to the back of the shirt. The tank top “board” for the Game of Life is a torus; the cells on the top row of the tank top are neighbors to the cells on the bottom row and vice versa.” Link.
