Ron writes in with a local favorite for his Maker projects… – “STC has a tag line that it’s “The House of Everything…almost” and it is.” – Link. Got a favorites? Let us know! Related: More stops for the Maker @ the MAKE playlist – Link.
We covered this Speak-n-Spell kit awhile back, but there’s a new video and more info on the site, looks like a great kit to bring new life to a an old favorite toy… The sound samples are rad… – Talking Toy MIDI Retrofit Features Use MIDI to trigger thousands of sounds–words, word fragments, garbled speech, […]
While at the Pacific Fabrics Outlet Store here in Seattle, I stumbled upon these Star Wars knitties. The sweet gals behind the desk told me they were from a class that was taught there. Fun!
Here’s yet another way to play pong, using two flashlights and light sensors to control the paddles – neat… [via] – Link. Related PONG: More Pong projects @ MAKE (there are a lot) – Link. Homemade PONG watch! – Link. Pong hat – Link. Mindstorm Pong – Link. Electro-Mechanical Pong – Link. Plasma Pong – […]
CRAFT friend Bonnie let us know that she’s put up an archive of all the Star Wars craft projects on Flickr (as well as the starwars.com). She also promises us more great Star Wars crafts to come soon. We can’t wait! Thanks Bonnie! Link.
Here’s a pretty interesting way to charge a lot of batteries with just one charger, Kalikast writes – “The following pages describe using relays with a high-current adjustable 13.5/15V power supply to automatically charge EV batteries one at a time, instead of concurrently in series. It will only work if you are not in a […]
Antics writes – “BEAM Art often features flashing LEDs. Here is a simple circuit borrowed from BEAM to flash a couple of LEDs. This is a modified version of Ben Hitchcock’s BEAM cricket. Pictured is the ‘flashing eyes’ part of the circuit. Unfortunately his site is gone and with it the original schematic. I backed […]
