@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I met with the ÃœBERSTIX folks, they make toys/kits that you need to recycle other things to build. Straws, ice cream sticks, paper clips, water bottles, egg cartons and more. Pictured here is a ship you build and use tossed cups/bottles to make it float, along with other trashed items […]
From Geekdad: The KidWind Project is run out of Michael Arquin’s basement in St. Paul, MN, and is all about educating kids about wind power. One part of this is offering really cool wind turbine kits from their website for home assembly and use in science fair presentations. These kits look like great Geekdad family […]
Jan writes in with a free app for Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope Clock owners (I have one, it’s great). He writes – This is an Open Source Application which allows you to use your Oscilloscope as a text based display device. The code is currently targetted for the Dutchtronix AVR Oscilloscope Clock hardware but could be […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Eric submitted pics of his Chronulator build featuring a recycled circuit board housing – nice way to increase the “What the-?!?” factor. Remember we love to see your projects, so submit them to the pool! Chronulator on Flickr – Link Related: The Chronulator kit –Link
Synth designer Ray Wilson is now selling kits for his “Weird Sound Generator Reborn” standalone instrument module. It’s a quick build and makes for some very cool noises. There’s even professional-grade front panels available for use on the enclosure. Ray’s site is a great resource for learning about synthesizers and electronics in general. His circuits […]
Fivefish.net DIY has a ton of great mic preamp kits for your music makers out there – Link.
neoJunk writes in – I saw the Mugi twinwall polypropylene plane kit in Make Magazine and built one. This instructable will show you how to use colored packing tape to style a coroplast RC plane. Coroplast is a twinwall polypropylene fluted plastic kind of like corrugated cardboard except made of plastic not paper. This was […]
