The inimitable Randy Sarafan writes: I decided to make a quality DIY intervalometer for my DSLR Pentax camera. This intervalometer should work with most major brands of DSLR cameras such as Nikons and Canons. It works by triggering the shutter using the camera’s remote trigger port. It can also auto-focus before each shot if so […]
Read through PenfoldPlant’s guide to building a large snow sculpture, namely this snow hand, so you’re prepared to get out there and be creative when the next blizzard hits!
#10 Gyrocar by Matthew Gryczan #9 Medicine Man Glider by Ryan Grosswiler #8 Meat Head by Andy Oakland #7 Jam Jar Jet by William Gurstelle #6 Making a Hard-Shell Mold by Adam Savage #5 Make a Wind Generator by Abe Connally #4 Custom Fit Earbuds by Collin Cunningham #3 The Most Useless Machine by Brett […]
Mike Reetz writes: I love drumming, but hate transporting my whole set around, so I designed a drum kit using a suitcase as the bass drum. The whole set fits inside the suitcase! My suitcase drum set sounds surprisingly good. Audiences love it. His instructions are incredibly detailed. Learn how to select and modify a […]
Anyone who’s been to a Bay Area Maker Faire likely remembers seeing the cool persistence of vision (POV) displays by Dan Goldwater/MonkeyLectric. This visual effect is achieved by conventionally spinning bike wheels that have lights along their spokes. The lights are controlled in a such a way that the afterimage they create in motion is […]
The Bop It memory toy has seen many iterations, always with neat triggers. It’s a fun toy, especially for those with a more tactile memory (I was always great at Bop It and terrible at Simon). But the thing is annoying as hell unless you’re the one playing it, so Instructables user jzzsxm added a […]
Zach Lieberman writes: The EyeWriter is a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus + custom software that allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to draw using only their eyes. The original design featured a pair of glasses as the basis for the eyewriter design. Since that first video, we’ve been hacking on […]
