MAKE Instructable group member Leevonk shows how to make a cheap & easy solar powered robot – “Make a very cheap, relatively easy to construct robot which will wake up any time you shine a desk lamp on it. There are no sensors on it, although I suppose the solar panel can be called a […]
Planning out your workshop usually means a lot of moving stuff around and trial/error, here’s another approach, make a miniature model… Pfred1 writes – “I used the architectural scale 1/4 inch to the foot as my scale. Heck, after a while it was sort of fun to make scale models of all of my junk. […]
HauntersHangout shows you how to use a cheap Santa figure as a scary Halloween hangman… – “You have had to have seen those dancing Santa’s at Walmart around Xmas. Well last year after Xmas I happened into Walmart the day after Xmas that they went down to 75% off. So, I bought the last 5. […]
Phil should be on WBAI’s “Off The Hook” tonight 10/11 at 7pm. It is simulcast online via Streaming MP3 and over shortwave radio at WBCQ 7415khz. Join #offthehook on irc.2600.net to chat during the show – Link. On Thursday 10/12, Bre will be interviewed on Jonny Goldstein’s live web show “Reinventing television” at 7pm pacific […]
Here are some, er, interesting DIY costume ideas from Popular Science 1939 – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to enter our ghoulishly fun Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere can enter, and depending on what type of maker or […]
Mr_Tentacle’s off the shelf “ROV” is complete! He re-mounted the bang/bang controls and related wiring on a raised plywood deck, the batteries and radio are on the “main deck”… The finished weight is ~17 lbs. Related: “Old School” ROV (remote operating vehicle) – Link. Build your own underwater remote operated vehicle (ROV) – Link. Building […]
Back in the old days there wasn’t iMovie, well – there’s was in a way, but it was made out of wood, metal, glass and a lot of planning. Here’s how folks added titles and effects to their movies before drag-n-drop, Popular Science 1940 – Link.
