MAKE will be @ Bent Festival NYC April 24-26. In addition to the requisite noise-blasting and glitch-casting, we’ll be bringing some select items from the Maker store – so stop by, check out some kits and say “HI” (please do speak loudly, so we can hear you over the collective bend-frenzy!) New York, NY (April […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Flickr member Pocket-sized breadboarded a solar/magnetic pendulum as seen in the BEAM book – JunkBots, Bugbots, and Bots on Wheels The self-sufficiency of solar power can really up the fun-factor in these builds – Magnetic Pendulum on Flickr This site explains the project a bit more, and highlighting it’s […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool With seemingly no place left to work on his electronics projects, Adam turned his office closet into a stealthy concealable work area – neat idea! Now let’s see a fume extractor in there, eh? – Uncluttering with a Closet Workbench & photos Related: Simple workbench AND MEGA WORKBENCH ROUND […]
This looks like a good time for all those beantown benders, April 15th 7pm @ Willoughby and Baltic in Davis Square. Jimmie writes – I’m running a quick little workshop on circuit bending for the Boston area Dorkbot group. This is going to be a very quick introduction with a very low technical barrier. Hopefully […]
“GALS,” not as in what creepy old guys call women, but GALs as in “Generic Logic Arrays.” GALs are the simplest member of the programmable logic family that also includes CPLDs and FPGAs. They are the modern replacement for the one-time programmable PAL devices that were first introduced in the late 1970’s. Unlike PALs, GALs […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Member Mchaceortiz built the Daisy MP3 player – London Underground edition. Nice job – mind the gap! When a son or daughter asks for a new MP3 player, you can always chime in, “In my day we built our own MP3 players – soldering both ways, uphill! . . […]
Spotted on the Make: Flickr Pool, a ATTiny45-based USB device that takes control (as currently programmed) of the target computer’s Caps Lock key, switching it on/off at 30-second-to-8-minute intervals (and flashing the Caps Lock light in the process). Fully programmable to do other desktop shenanigans (e.g. random key presses, cursor movement, etc). Stealth USB CapsLocker
