Hans DIY binary clock from scrap – “All the parts for this clock came from scrap. The red LED’s making up the display came from an old video player. The high brightness green LED was also from an old video player (a different one). The TTL logic chips were from old computer boards, with the […]
What makes a combat robot more badass? Having it spell words or patterns in the air on its blades, Trebor the Mad Overlord writes – “More than a few people have mused upon the idea of installing lights inside the weapon of a combat robot. Similar “Persistance of Vision” setups are available for bikes and […]
Spark Fun has a handy (so it seems) PIC dev board that can be bootloaded and then shows up as an RS232 com port – “This is a spectacular little development board featuring the PIC18F2455. Based on the work of Brian Schmalz, the UBW is a small board with a command intrepreter for basic input […]
MAKE reader Rotwang has a mini book review of Batteries and Magnets Kid Kit “This book was my favorite book when I was about five or six. It’s all about how to make pretty simple games or toys out of stuff around the house. Like cardboard, tape, wires, batteries and lights. The book introduces children […]
Nickp writes – “The US military have a number of excellent manuals for the use of their machinists — and the text is public domain. Your tax dollars at work! I’ve prepared some single-file PDF’s which are a bit easier to deal with than the more usual single-chapter-per-file setup. “ – Link.
Great collection of instructions from the ATLAS of Plucked Instruments – “The ramkie is the famous “blik kitaar” from Southern Africa; a home made guitar, using an empty oilcan for the body. The wooden neck is sometimes stuck all the way through the can; sometimes it is fixed to a wooden “lid” on the top. […]
Wire is in this summer for anything jewelry related. Why not crochet yourself a pair of earrings? Stitch Diva Studios has this pattern for sale featuring 9 different styles of earrings. They also have a really complete tutorial on their site on how to work with wire, from the basics all the way to knitting […]
