Cutting designs in carpet with electric clippers works surprisingly well. I used an old pair of clippers, and though the blades were pretty much toast when I was done, they weren’t new to begin with, and they only cost $10 to replace. The actual cutting went pretty quickly.
Send @dangerousproto a tweet and their thermal printer will print it! (Watch it live on Ustream for the time being.) This is a soft-launch of our project for the Adafruit/Instructables Make it Tweet Challenge. We’ll have some documentation up on Instructables tomorrow, but we need your help stress testing the system today. Thermal Tweeter is […]
Becky Stern shows you how to embed a device to power down TVs in public places into a jacket, activated by a conductive thread zipper switch. More info: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2011/06/tv-b-gone_jacket.html Music by i am jen.
The DrinkShield, available in the Maker Shed, is an open source breathalyzer kit that is used with an Arduino. The sensor reacts to alcohol content in your breath and can be programmed to light the attached LEDs to act as a standalone breathalyzer or hooked up to a computer for a more interactive experience.
The Bulbdial clock from the Maker Shed is a unique LED based clock that works like an indoor sundial. It features 72 ultra-bright LEDs, an ATmega 168 based microcontroller, a laser cut case and everything else you need to complete the kit.
Since June is Photography and Video month here at MAKE, we’re focusing (so to speak) on project documentation. To coincide with this theme, I decided to try out Fotodiox’s Macro Bellows, which is available for both Canon and Nikon SLRs. A macro bellows allows lenses that otherwise don’t have a close focus distance to get […]
[Video Link] MAKE reader George LIem shared this video of Stan Buddenbohm launching his glider for a record-breaking 1:52 minute flight. Learn more about glider enthusiasts at the National Free Flight Society website.
