From the MAKE Flickr pool Behold Igaaks’ CNC plasma torch-cut sunglasses, as demoed at a recent TechShop Durham monthly meeting – Material is copper, bent by hand, then heat treated, then coated with acrylic. […] The only thing it might need is some kind of padding for the nose, and after talking with folks at […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool No – it’s not jello! Senseless_ shares his recipe for a homemade drain cleaner – Cooking up a pot of natural drain cleaner to eat away build up in one of our rentals while it/s empty. 7x 16 ounce beers, 5 pounds of sugar, 3 packs of baking yeast and […]
BBC News’ Tech department highlights a collection of Arduino projects, introducing the platform to a a broad audience in the process. This is some very bigtime recognition for the lil’ blue board and its users – and hey its about time! =) [via Arduino Blog] Update: Some were curious as to where the above vid […]
At Maker Faire you can actually touch an amazing collection of books, kits, projects and more in the Maker Shed. Come on by for a demo of some of the kits, meet the designers and makers of the kits, learn to solder on your own gear. It is really nice to check out the things […]
Kellbot of NYCResistor built this sweet Katamari Damacy controller from a mouse, Arduino, and PSX controller – A long time ago, in a galaxy identical to this one, I wanted to make a life-sized Katamari, and use it to play Katamary Damacy on PS2. My friend Eric Skiff shot a video, and while it’s not […]
“Repurpose”, an awesome little documentary short by Jack Oatmon. The video is centered around Montreal’s Foulab hardware hacking group and aims to introduce the hackerspace concept to newcomers. Why are more and more hobbyists experimenting with hacks and circuit bends? What relationship does this imply about consumer society and technological advancement? Is this a real-world […]
MAKE contributor Will O’Brien mounted an ATC3K camera into his skiing goggles in order to grab some first-person action shots. He even created an enclosure for most of the electronics – I thought about some complicated mounting tricks to attache the boxes to the straps, but found that electrical tape worked great. Keep in mind […]
