DIY Macro photography with disposable camera
MAKE pal greg from DIY Live shows how to do macro photography with a disposable camera – [via] Link.
Month: March 2006
Make an “Innerspace” loupe
Now writes – “Create a magnifying loupe to inspect your soldering, look at your hangnail or really small bugs, or just get up close in your buddy’s ear and pretend you’re Dennis Quaid cruising around inside Martin Short!!” – Link.
Chair made from 4,000 CDs
Cool Detailed Make – “The AOL Throne was built in the summer of 2003. It contains 4000 CDs, weighs at least 150 pounds, barely fits through doors, and plugs into an electical outlet.” – [via] Link.
Tattooed Shoes
I don’t think I could make up my mind about what type of tattoo I’d want, so these tattooed shoes seem like a good alternative. It could also be a good way to practice tattooing and make yourself a spiffy pair of shoes – [via] Link.
Nintendo controller as a card reader
Zieak turned a Nintendo controller into a CF/SD card reader – Link.
Parasitic Humanoid
This robot hitches a ride on people to get around – “The Parasitic Humanoid (PH) is a wearable robot for modeling nonverbal human behavior. This anthropomorphic robot senses the behavior of the wearer and has the internal models to learn the process of human sensory motor integration continuously, thereafter it begins to predict the next […]
HOW TO – Make a surface mount soldering iron
Will O’Brien has a good how to on building a sub $20 reflow tool for removing surface mount components. Link.