David writes – “I’ve loved bottle rockets since I was a kid. They are cheap and fun. I soon found that shooting them off individually was boring. I put two in a bottle, twisted the fuses together and lit them both – double the fun. Then I tried 3, 4, and more, with the goal […]
Jamesloo283 writes – “Tired of playing GT4 with that lap attachment kit? Still wouldn’t buy that 900 degrees racing wheel and play GT4 like it was meant to be played because you don’t have a place to mount it? Or still hesitating to buy that nice racing seat package because it costs $300 bucks? Here […]
This is simply awesome, it’s a Guitar Hero sample sequencer – load it up with your own WAVs and jam away – [via] – Link.
Cheap DIY credit card reader project – “The reader mechanism shown was purchased from All Electronics for $1.50. The unit provides the magnetic head on a spring mechanism along with low level head signal amplifiers and data slicers. Three signal lines comming from the unit provide card presence, clock, and data. “ [via] – Link. […]
Here’s a simple “light activated instrument with pitch and volume controlled by hand shadows” – [via] – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rob Cruickshank writes – “The students in my electronics workshop wanted to see a battery made out of food. The calculator is powered by the zinc-plated screws and pennies in the orange. If you try this, don’t eat the orange afterwards!…” – Link.
Make your own miniMinty MP3 player – “…we set out to design the successor to Minty MP3. How about if it fits in an Altoids gum tin? What if it charges its internal Lithium Ion Polymer battery over USB and mounts itself as a Mass Storage Device? And if it runs for 12+ hours on […]
