In early April of this year, a fairly significant event happened for my family. Geeky as it may sound, my husband, sons, and I were ecstatic to learn that the first season of The IT Crowd was available on DVD in a format that we could use here in the United States. My husband Bruce […]
Photo from Petmar0 on Flickr Pete responded in the comments to the the call for designs in the Rural Celly Charger article on Saturday. How about connecting a joule-thief circuit (DC-DC upconverter) to a cap on one side and a small solar cell (like the ones in calculators) on the other? You pull off of […]
Image from KuiperCliff The Steven writes in the comments: You say DIY bride, I think of Helen O’Loy by Lester Del Rey Well, maybe you haven’t heard of ol’ Helen O’Loy either. O’Loy sounds a lot like Alloy, doesn’t it? Spoiler Alert: Don’t read the wikipedia entry, it gives too much info. Spoiler-less synopsys: Dave […]
MAKE Flickr pool member Whymcycles has contributed a great Meatricity powered Christmas tree build. Colin pedals my Dad’s ’75 Schwinn Exceriser stationary bike..30,000+ miles, with a fixed magnet electric motor rubbing on the wheel.’ All sizes’ will show the simple clamp set up to hold the motor and the device itself to the fork leg. […]
Let it begin! My wife picked up the RCA Victor 21″ television last night from our friend. I unloaded it and set it in the hallway; it’s a little bit bigger than I envisioned, and even cooler than I’d hoped. The giant channel knob on the side turns the channel indicator display inside a little […]
I’m picking up a broken 1957 RCA Victor Deluxe 21″ B&W television from a friend who’s moving tonight, because she knows I like mid century design and rebuilding things. So, what to do with it? Secret bar with hinged top, hydraulic lift, and dry ice? Blond wood wormhole portal through space-time? Puppet theatre?? I’ve seen […]
MAKE Projects Editor, Paul Spinrad, sent me a link to this project and the following message: Some CS / Game Development students hacked a Lord Of The Rings pinball machine, taking full control of its sensors, actuators, and display, and reprogrammed it to play Pinhorse — like the basketball game, but you try to match […]
