Kits

Build your own KITT car

Build your own KITT car

A few Makers sent in links about building their own KITT cars from Knight Rider & here are some great dashboard recreations…. Juha writes – “The images are presented in reverse chronological order…the drawings from 2002/2004 are the most accurate – dare I say, the ultimate – reproductions of the original dashboard. Note that in […]

Wearable color organ..

Wearable color organ..

MAKE Flickr photo pool member Nicrosin writes – “I built this from a color organ mini kit, and thought it would be neat to take to a club so I made it wearable. I also thought about making it into a belt buckle, or have a shirt with a pocket in the chest to slip […]

Synth module of the month

Synth module of the month

Here’s an interesting idea, a synth module a month to build your own modular synthesizers – “You begin your plan by purchasing the “ENTRY-22-1″ on the order form for $120. The next month, order the second installment of $120 and we’ll begin building your cabinet/Power Supply/Cable Harness and ship them to you. This normally takes […]

Alphacool watercooling starter kit

Alphacool watercooling starter kit

Fred Hunt from Bit-tech.net has a great review of the Alphacool watercooling starter kit – “Take a PC full of expensive, complicated, electricity-driven parts, add about half a litre of water in aquarium tubing and plug it into the mains electricity supply. Up until a few years ago many would have laughed at such thoughtless […]

Robotic solar powered sunflower

Robotic solar powered sunflower

Hobbyman writes – “The robot sunflower is made from plastic parts taken from old CD drivers and junk home equipment; a small dc motor and reduction gear from the CD-R sawed together with some plastic parts, a tiny solar panel, some other plastic parts taken from an old aquarium filter and a simple, 4 transistor […]

Design a Hologram Kit

Design a Hologram Kit

We’ve covered this hologram kit before, and so far the Makers out there have reported limited success, but it seems like a fun project I’d like to try – “The Design a Hologram Kit has everything you need to make your own transmission holograms – up to 20 of them. Each film plate is a […]