Light bulb aquarium
A little follow up to the light bulb project we posted, MAKE commenter Terc made a small fish bowl for a beta fish out of a g40 lightbulb. The fish (named Edison) seems to like it – Link.
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MAKE Events – RSS & Instant Message!
We have a new MAKE events listing that has Maker-like events going on around the world. You can view them in our events section, subscribe via ATOM and RSS feeds and/or use the MAKEbot (Instant message). If something is going on that you think Makers, Crafters, Hackers would like to check out, let us know […]
New can-do club wants to build better cell phone
Mercury News on a new homebrew cell phone club – “A small band of tinkerers with that old Silicon Valley can-do spirit say they are determined to build a better cell phone, whether wireless companies like it or not….This time around, the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club’s beef is that today’s cell phones are not as […]
MAKE Controller Kit
Last year, MAKE magazine approached “MakingThings” to create the MAKE Controller Kit, a next-generation family of modular, programmable controller boards. We were delighted, and we’re even more delighted to announce that the kit is now available! The kit appears in MAKE 06 and it’s now available in our store! Wide-ranging fields have been revolutionized — […]
MAKE Volume 06 – and 5,000 posts
MAKE 06 is shipping, lots of robot projects, it’s my favorite MAKE so far! – In this volume build a pair of electronic insects, BEAM robotics, VEX robotics, make a soccer playing robot, T-Shirt laptop pouch, make LED throwies, 3D photos, MAKE controller, RFID for Makers, make a rumble mouse, read Xerox codes, rodent-powered nightlights, […]
Reminder: MAKE Skypecast 8pm PDT
We’re going to try the new Skypecast at 8pm PDT tonight, a few folks asked if it works on a Mac and so far it seems to work fine for me – Link.
MAKE volume 06!
MAKE volume 06 is hitting mailboxes really soon! In this issue – Build a pair of electronic insects. LED throwies. Rodent-powered nightlight. Floating tower structure. Bug Sucker. Check out the article listing here – Link. You can use our special code CMAKE and get an extra $5 (USD) off on a MAKE subscription here – […]
