DIY Projects

Custom milled aluminum panels

Custom milled aluminum panels

Dave writes –“…take your dreams and turn them into engraved aluminum masterpieces, shipped right to your door. This Boss RDD-10 digital delay used to be in a 1980’s half-rack. Now thanks to a custom milled aluminum panel from Front Panel Express, it has a new form factor and a 1960’s cold war era look!” – […]

PC to real world interfacing USB board

PC to real world interfacing USB board

I haven’t tried this board yet, $30, looks sweet – “Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board and a development environment that implements the Processing/Wiring language. Arduino can be used to develop stand-alone interactive objects or can be connected to software on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP). The […]

HOW TO – Kite aerial “panography”

HOW TO – Kite aerial “panography”

Andrew writes – “I noticed a bunch more recent posts on KAP (Kite Aerial Photography). I don’t know if you have discovered Scott Haefner’s site, yet. He has combined KAP with panoramic photography to get some impressive images.” Kite Aerial Photography by Scott Haefner – Link & how they’re made. Noted panographer and maker Philo […]

Low power LED PVC flashlight

Low power LED PVC flashlight

Matthew writes – “Scouring the Internet for information on LEDs, I accidentally stumbled upon a PDF detailing a flashlight made from PVC. For the torch, he biases ultra-bright LEDs with ballast resistors as described in my LED lighting guide. This is a simple solution, but a with a slightly more complicated circuit we can extend […]