dayammerkid writes… This is a project that me and my friends built for school (UC Berkeley). Its made of lego mindstorms, scissors, and some scrap metal. With all things considered, I think it turned out alright. Not only does it fold your paper for you, it also cuts it. It would be the perfect accessory […]
Several months ago, Becky covered my remake of a low quality trash bag holder I bought through a SkyMall-esque catalog. This is how I explained the project at the time: Trash cans have always sort of annoyed me. They take up so much space, especially if, like me, you favor large cans to minimize the […]
I really like the inexpensive gimbal support developed by William over at YB2nornal for his $15 steadicam project. I may bogart it for a forthcoming Make: Project. Via Hack a day. From the pages of MAKE: Johnny Lee showed us how to build a $14 Video Camera Stabilizer way back in MAKE 01.
Qs wrote up an instructable for his “Musicator Jr.”, an LED light organ about the size of a 9V battery – The ‘brains’ of this project is a LM358 general-purpose op-amp which costs under 30-cents. The first half of the circuit is an amplifier which boosts the 500-micro-volts from an electret mic to about 1-volt. […]
What do you do if your kids are always leaving the refrigerator door open? Make a scrolling Arduino powered sign of course! It may be a bit overkill, but it’s hard to miss the large format LED matrix scrolling in front of you. Next step, shock audio alert! We have 5 kids in our household, […]
Instructables user Toglefritz built this pocket-sized fishing pole and writes: Conventional fishing poles are long, fragile, and hard to carry, or otherwise transport. This Instructable will show you how to construct a fishing pole, complete with a reel, that will fit nicely in your pocket. You can keep it handy, and go fishing any time […]
So there I am in my studio about to solder up another kit, and all my solder is gone! Who could have used it all up? It’s happened before, and this time I’m going to find out exactly who did it. I had a really good idea who it was, but I needed to know […]
