Brian Sawyer at Hackszine shows us some cool tips on how we can optimize our iChat to send one-way video that’s perfect to teach crafting techniques such as knitting. Brian says: For example, crafts like knitting are notoriously hard to teach without visual cues, and even the most detailed books often suffer from their lack […]
Scott sent in his invention, a light fixture designed to illuminate a dartboard uniformly without shadows by encircling the board with light. Any dart wielding makers? Are shadows a problem usually? Nuvolux Incorporated – Link.
MAKE reader Monopole writes in with an a minty fresh tool for getting in to small places and lighting them up, but this tool is not used in its indented way… – it’s a dental kit for your tool box. Three indispensable tools for any maker are dental tools (for poking around in little things), […]
Despite numerous warnings from science fiction authors and Hollywood movies regarding the weaponification of robots Robert has outfitted his Robosapien with a flame thrower and a coil gun – The coilgun is controlled using the V2’s remote and is able to fire 8 shots with it’s electronic reload. The charging time varies but is around […]
Hayeon Yoo has created a prototype called the Origami TV Remote Control Interface which enables children to learn the basics of TV functions in an act of play. The origami shape is in the classic “cootie catcher” game. By moving the prototype users were able to change channels and control the volume. Link.
This might be the best iPod accessory yet… “This package enables you to record and playback sounds between the ds32a and the iPod, as well as use the iPod and Micromemo for general dictation or recording of lectures. The ds32a is a diagnostic stethoscope with unsurpassed natural sound quality. User-friendly design and 50X Amplification provides […]
We featured Clocky in MAKE 03 of 2005, it’s an alarm clock that makes cute noises and runs away from you in the morning when you need to get up, it’s like an annoying pet, in a good way. It’s shipping now and we’ve purchased one to kick around (literally)… We have some photos of […]
