I think we can all admit that there’s something magical about the 8mm film format. Before there was VHS, and way before there were digital video cameras, there was Super-8, pretty much the only game in town if you were trying to get your memories turned moving pictures without spending thousands of dollars. This could […]
Here is our MAKE gift guide for the CNC hobbyist on a budget. There are literally hundreds of different types of CNC setups. We can’t cover all the products out there, but we did manage to pick about 20 products that we think are great. What is CNC? Here is how Wikipedia defines CNC: CNC […]
From the Make Flickr Pool: Erik has created a nice collection of PCBs for Arduino. They are part of a larger project for the Machine Collective. In spite of all the smart, multifunctional and state-of-the-art controllers that are commercially available today, there is a continuous demand for custom physical interfaces and configurable controllers. When using […]
When I first got this Kit in the mail from the Maker Shed I stared puzzled at the box. What exactly was the point? A bug that blinks it’s eyes when it senses movement? As I opened the box and checked out the contents I realized that the Blinkybugs don’t walk, talk, chalk or really […]
The Arduino open-source microcontroller platform can be programmed and equipped to perform a nearly endless list of functions. It’s likely the best all-around centerpiece to a modern electronics project. But one of the tasks Arduino is best used for is straight-up fun – the open design means there’s an Arduino board suitable for almost any […]
Photography courtesy of Terry A. Perdue – The Soul of an old heathkit by Dale Dougherty. Howard Nurse built hundreds of Heathkits, starting in the 1950s with a ham radio transmitter kit, the DX-40. As a kid, he loved to go to sleep reading the catalog, which was a window into the world of electronics […]
Adafruit Industries just released a new kit version of the Uzebox open-source gaming console – After many months of looking at NTSC waveforms on my scope (go video-sync trigger!) I have finished the Fuzebox, a fully open-source, DIY 8-bit game console (based on the Uzebox I posted about a while back). It is based almost […]
