Ok Makers, here’s an example of something you shouldn’t buy, rather re-MAKE… – it’s an arcade costume, but it doesn’t work, you can’t play games on it… So, if you’re looking for ideas for a cool costume, why not MAKE an arcade costume?… [via] – Link. A LCD panel, a small laptop and all the […]
Remember those huge Pentium II chip enclosures? MAKE Flickr photo pool member Treasonx made a hard drive case for a 20 GB drive out of one… – Link.
Pentavista Digital Imaging has a fantastic gallery of early flying machines, some dating back to 1856… [via] – Link. Related: Warbird & Propliner photograph resource site – Link. Make your own airplane for $7000 – Link.
Here’s how to build a simple robot for $34 that is expandable to a wide range of projects. From sumo to fire fighting to soccer… Thanks Jose! – Link. Related: Steam powered Gameboy – Link. GameBoy projects… – Link. Tongue controlled Gameboy Advance – Link. Robot projects – Archives & Link.
For those of you who have an EV-DO phone, here’s how to use its wireless connection with your PC and/or Mac, Ben writes – “In today’s How-To, we’ll show you how to share your HTC Apache’s EV-DO internet connection with your laptop. We’re going to focus on the XV6700 by Verizon, but one can re-apply […]
From our MAKE & CRAFT friend Wendy Tremayne: I hope you have been cleaning out your closets for the ultimate purge… Swap-O-Rama-Rama is this Sunday! You’ll be happy to know that the L train is running! Please spread this message far and wide. This Autumn Swap-O-Rama-Rama has many new features and a whole new posse […]
This has been a good week so far for things that hover… Here are some hoverboard plans, for $39 – the usual caveat here, I have no idea if they’re good, so if a Maker out there has built, or plans to build one let us know… – “The hoverboard uses high performance hovercraft technology […]
