In engineering, programming, web design and most other creative work, many people consciously use The Design Process. The PBS show Design Squad provides some great examples of how people can work with this system. There are also plenty of resources for working with students and other learners on their site. The Android G1 is pretty […]
Cute little set of “ghetto speakers” make from four disposable waters cups and toothpicks. Something for the kids to do on a rainy day, not as a replacement for your Bose (or your Altec Lansing). CupSpeakers [via Dinosaurs and Robots]
Do you have a first generation iPod touch? If you do, this is a cheap way to make an external speaker, and stand, so you can enjoy hours of YouTube goodness without the need for headphones. Seeing that Apple have sneakily added an internal speaker to the iPod touch Gen II, my Gen I felt […]
This app called “BeatMaker” for the iPhone is one of a huge list of cool new music creation applications that are out for the device. This one doubles as a portable music production center with a drum machine, sampler, and sequencer that usually only exists in desktop applications. Check out the link for the list […]
Here’s another clever use of the iPhone to control objects in the real world. We’ve reported on this kind of thing before here at Make but now there’s a kit that will help you build your own version of the iPhone controlled R/C car. iPhone-Controlled R/C Car
The “WowPod” by Russian media artists Aristarkh Chernyshev & Alexei Shulgin is a large-scale, iPod that actually works, although it looks like it’s been through an oven or is reflected in a funhouse mirror. WowPod
Right on schedule, here’s iFixit’s iPod nano 4G take apart guide… Here’s the thing, at this point there’s not much going on or that “new” and exciting, that big chip with the Apple on it is basically an iPod on a chip, it does everything. It’s an incredible feat of engineering but not too much […]
