MAKE:Video – A Date with Peggy
After a frustrating day at the office, it feels good to go make something that simply works. (playing with a bunch of ultra-bright LEDs doesn’t hurt either) download the m4v file Peggy v1.0 kit
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Fashioning Technology forums
Syuzi Pakhchyan, the author of our first Craft: Projects title, Fashioning Technology, has created a nice site for the book with a community discussion area. If you’re interested in the book and the types of projects it covers, please register in the forums and share your experiences building the projects. Fashioning Technology Buy Fashioning Technology […]
Best of Instructables book contest
We at Maker Media are thrilled to announce that we’re going to be doing a Best of Instructables, Volume 1. As part of the book, we want to get the Instructables community involved in choosing some of their favorite projects. The book will include both projects chosen by Maker Media and Instructables staffs and those […]
New in the Maker Shed – Plug-in Bread-Board Power Supply
Bring power to your prototypes with this convenient new kit – This power supply module plugs straight into common bread boards, allowing you to cleanly and easily power your board with a wall wart plug or with wires into screw terminals. It features a variable voltage regulator that can be set to output 3.3 or […]
Make:it video – Edison Cup-style Phonograph
Join me, won’t you? – as I travel back in time to assemble the New Edison Cup-style Phonograph.
New in the Maker Shed – Brain Machine kits!
Build a DIY sound and light device to stimulate your mental state – Hack your Brain! Get comfortable, put on the glasses and headphones, close your eyes (the LEDs are bright!), and flick the power switch. Enjoy the hallucinations as you drift into deep meditation, ponder your inner world, and then come out after the […]
Google Apps Hacks Slashdotted today!
Yay! Philipp Lenssen’s Google Apps Hacks just got reviewed on Slashdot by JR Peck, who had some kind words for the book: Well, this book is an excellent introduction to Google’s many on-line applications. I use many already and still learned of a couple new ones when I read this book. It also does bring […]