Easy Button Hack
MAKE Flickr photo pool member TommyBear turned a $5 Staples Easy Button into a switch for his garage door. Here’s how you do it, easy! – Link. Previous: Circuit Bending is Easy – Link.
DIY Projects
LED camera adaptor for detecting melanoma
Here’s a DIY imaging system that uses four different wavelengths from LEDs for detecting melanoma [via] – Link.
HOW TO – Make sandals made from old tires
I have some shoes that are made from old tires, and here are some sandals you can make yourself, also made from old tires – [via] – Link. Previous: Shoes made from recycled stuff… – Link.
$100 Sailboat
Ed writes – “Here’s a site on how to build and race your own sailboat for around a $100 dollars. Also a lot of information about sailing and how to get started.” – Link.
HOW TO – Make traffic light triggers
Blacksmith_tb writes – “Not feeling ferrrous enough to trip the induction loops that trigger green lights? No problem – just epoxy a rare earth magnet to your shoe! Inspired by a product marketed to motorcyclists, which is basically a big neodymium magnet to stick under your ride. I thought it might be better to get […]
HOW TO – Make your sound sing with Vocoders
The O’Reilly Digital Media Center has a fun how to on making Cylon-y sounding voices – “You’ve heard their smoothly sexy yet alien voices. Vocoders are devices that make ordinary sounds sing or speak recognizable words. In this hands-on tutorial, Jim Aikin explains how vocoders perform their magic and how to set up your own […]
Treehouse building workshop
Tim writes – “We will be sponsoring a treehouse building workshop in Santa Cruz, CA (about an hour south of San Francisco) on May 5,6 and 7th. The world famous treehouse builder and innovator Michael Garnier will be teaching the workshop. He owns Treesort treehouse resort in Takilma, OR and has built a treehouse for […]