Jason @ Hackszine writes… I can’t find any documentation for this, nor can I help posting it. I assume it’s a hardware hack that manually controls the floppy drive’s stepper motor, but it’d make my day if this was done in software using standard I/O requests. Either way, the 3.5 inch FDD finally serves an […]
How to adapt any 8 or 16mm movie camera and projector to take and show stereo movies –Mechanix Illustrated 1953. IF you own an 8 or 16mm movie camera and projector, you can make your own amazingly lifelike three dimensional movies in full color or black and white at a cost of less than $6 […]
Alex CF has struck again, this time aging and antiquing his way to this amazing “Lycanthropy Research Case,” this one a commissioned piece. One of these days, after I write the great American novel (or the super-successful stinker), I’m going to commission an Alex CF case of my own. The Art of Alex CF
Hah! This is neat, Radiohead on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, printer, oscilloscope, hard disks and scanner! – the Maker writes… Based on the lyric (and alternate title) “Big Ideas: Don’t get any” I grouped together a collection of old redundant hardware, and placed them in a situation where they’re trying their best to do something […]
While poking around on YouTube, I stumbled upon this video of a steam symphony held at the Brighton Fringe Festival in 2005. I don’t think we’ve blogged about it before. Steam Driven: An audio visual symphony generated through the movements and sound of a 16 tons Corliss steam engine and interactive digital technology.
Eric writes (and from the MAKE Flickr pool): Someone at the Maker Faire challenged me to turn a working nixie tube into jewelry. Here’s a “glowing cross” steampunk-style pendant. It uses a CR2032 coin cell battery to run the high voltage power supply. It uses less power than an LED throwie. I don’t know what’s […]
Check out this cool steampunk-ified three-wheel recumbent trike. Love the lantern headlights. Ladies And Gentlemen, I Present The Brass Lion! [Thanks, Jeff!]
