HOW TO – Make your own hacky sack / footbag
Here’s a quickie how-to on making your own hacky sack! – Link. Related hacky: Make a Foot Bag or Hacky Sack – Link. Stars & Stripes Hacky Sack – Link.
Month: October 2006
HOW TO – Make a Bike light holder/connector for messenger bags
Here’s a good bike light holder/connector for messenger bags from Fungus Amungus in the MAKE Instructables group, he writes – “Securely attach a spare bike light to your messenger bag and give yourself some extra carrying room if you’re really hauling something huge. With snaps that fit with the snaps already on my backpack I […]
Un-Halloween Pumpkin Patterns
Tired of cats, ghosts, and grinning reapers? Pumpkin Glow has a ton of free downloadable “UN-Halloween Pumpkin Patterns” in PDF format. Pictured here, my favorites (from the I Love Americaseries) – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to […]
Browse the web on a ZipIt
Wow! Karosium got Pixil (syncable PDA linux operating system) running on a ZipIt and browsed the web with it (ViewML), it’s just a start, but a great one! [via] – Link. We reviewed the ZipIts in MAKE 07. Related Zipits!: Zipit Hacking – Link. HOW TO make an iTunes remote from a ZipIT – Link. […]
Make your own paper Splatterbot
Here’s another cool Halloween themed paper craft, a robotic splatterbot! – “The Splatterbot twists at the waist and the arms can move up and down. The claws are interchangable with the hatchet or the laser weapon. The front of the chest opens to reveal large hidden teeth, there’s a hidden compartment in the back (with […]
HOW TO – Make a RoboSheep
2 Robots has a fun how-to on making an anamatronic sheep using a Basic Stamp, Robot Two writes – “Last week, I ordered a Basic Stamp from Parallax — a most excellent beginner’s microcontroller. A microcontroller is a very cool thing — it’s like an entire computer on a single chip. You can plug each […]
Experimenting with ergonomic adjustments using Meccano
Jonathan writes – “Here’s an example of how building toys like Meccano can be useful for experimenting with one’s workspace ergonomics – creating a trackball “incline” in less than an hour.” – Link. Related: Computing by Steam – Link. 3D Printer made from a Glue Gun and Meccanno – Link. From the pages of MAKE: […]