Earth globe transformed in to hovering Star Wars Jedi training remote
Earth globe transformed in to hovering Star Wars Jedi training remote …
DIY Projects
Indiana Jones Room testimonial
OK, I’m a little crazy when it comes to decorating my kids’ rooms. I like the challenge of a theme — so far, I’ve redecorated rooms in Western, Spaceport, Octonauts, and Sporty Teen modes. If my husband would agree, I’d redo the master bedroom in a Robot theme, but so far he remains unconvinced. So […]
Weather balloon space probes in MAKE Vol. 24
For MAKE Volume 24 I had the good fortune to be able to write about a very cool phenomenon that has exploded in the maker scene — geeks launching their own weather balloons into the stratosphere, carrying coolers packing cameras and sensors. To be sure, these recent launches are not revolutionary, hams have been launching […]
USB Dead Drops (video)
Artist and Eyebeam resident Aram Bartholl’s USB Dead Drops project is raising lots of discussion in the security and file sharing communities. The project release is now in full swing with this video showing how the USB drives were installed in different places around NYC. Aram writes: ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to […]
Garage status monitor
Jody Farr’s garage status monitor, his very first ‘real’ project, was borne out of necessity: In the middle of July, I was wondering why the air conditioner in the house wasn’t keeping up. I must have spent hours looking things over, making sure the compressor was working, replacing filters, blah blah blah. After a while, […]
Make: Projects – Ball-chain plant hangers
Really the “plant hanger” thing is just an easy example. The cool bit here is the trick for making fixed three- and four-way joints in ball chain using the commonly-known “straight” couplings, plus one you may not already know about. You can use it to make snap-together ball-chain nets or meshes of any size or shape, for any reason you might want to.
Wayne and Layne store opens
Wayne and Layne, the shingle put up by Adam Wolf and Matthew Beckler, has opened up an online store. If you haven’t heard of the guys, they are rising stars in the DIY community with two excellent projects released so far. Their Tactile Metronome Kit and Video Game Shield Kit were hits at the Bay […]
