“Tiny Yellow House” host Derek “Deek” Diedricksen gives MAKE a look at his brand new, multifaceted micro-structure/sleeper-cabin, “The GottaGiddaWay”- a homeless prototype built for $100.00. Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube and Vimeo. Also, for a related-style/approach project- take a video tour of Deek’s […]
I love the concept behind the Bay Area Workshop Weekend event — take the inspiration and enthusiasm generated from Maker Faire Bay Area and present a series of workshops the follow weekend so that folks can learn what they say at the Faire. Nearly 100 people did just that, on May 28 and 29.
Looking to build the smallest, most handy, bread-board friendly Arduino-compatible microcontroller? The Ardweeny from the Maker Shed fits on the back of the included ATmega328, taking up no more valuable breadboard space than the microcontroller itself!
The Arduino Cookbook from the Maker Shed lets you create your own Arduino powered robots, toys, remote controllers, alarms, detectors, and many other projects. Inside you’ll find the examples and advice you need to begin, expand, and enhance your projects right away.
Norwegian maker benny8025 shows us how to make strike anywhere matches by scraping the phosphorus off of a match box strike zone and affixing the powder to the match heads. The second half of the video tours us through many varied objects on which to strike your new matches. There’s also an Instructable to go […]
Do you want to get started with Arduino but don’t want to drop a bunch of cash? Do you want to get a good assortment of components without putting an addition on your workbench to house them? The Microcontroller Quick Launch Pack from the Maker Shed is just what you need! The pack comes with […]
If you have any doubt that slingshots can be dangerous weapons, Jörge Sprave, owner of the aptly-named Slingshot Channel on YouTube, will most certainly put these doubts to rest. His latest creation is a slingshot that shoots circular saw blades at unsuspecting watermelon (among other potential targets). [via Geekosystem] More: Giant Machete-Shooting Slingshot Water Balloon […]
