[Photo from Pauric on Flickr] MAKE Flickr pool member Pauric is treating himself to a nice birthday month of making. Day 4 of my effort to make a lasting ‘heirloom’ object everyday for a month; a wooden case for my keyboard to go with the design desk project For one month, starting on my birthday, […]
Building on the original MintyBoost USB charger kit, this Instructables how-to will walk you through the steps of adding a Lithium Polymer battery pack and small solar cell. The extra capacity and added convenience of solar make this modification a must have for off-grid mobility.
I just added Noah Vawter’s 1-Bit Groove Box to my must-build list. The project uses an ATMega32 chip as an easily controlled one-bit synth/sequencer with built-in effects, featuring – Sounds good. Nostalgic algorithms updated. Lightweight. Don’t need to look at it as you play it! Inexpensive. Designed to be built by musicians. Open Source Software, […]
Artist and electronics hound Jon Cohrs made this tool for urban prospecting. He writes: The project, called the Urban Prospector, is basically a modified metal detector outfitted with a combustible gas sensor that can be built for under 100 dollars. By scanning the surface of your neighborhood, you will be able to determine pockets of […]
Peter Edwards of Casper Electronics brings us this thick, rich, 15-knobbed synth box known as the Drone Lab – This is the new Casperelectronics Drone Lab. The Drone Lab is an analog sound module specially designed for making dense, rich drones. This is a video of three going at once. For more info including ordering […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Inspired by the beehive locator we recently covered here, Gabriel decided to build a bee box of his own. He even enhanced the design a bit with magnetic door latches. No mention of the device’s success in the field as of yet but it looks quite able. More: Bee boxes […]
Check out this cool interview with wearable technology guru and Botanicalls co-creator Kate Hartman by Dave Caputo. Via Fashioning Technology.
