Preamp kits
Fivefish.net DIY has a ton of great mic preamp kits for your music makers out there – Link.
Tools
Styling a Mugi coroplast RC plane
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 […]
CarveWright wood carver mini-review
Betacrash writes in with a mini-review of the CarveWright wood carver we posted about awhile back – I have a carvewright and the worst thing about it is the proprietary software. The software seems very stupid at first but then it seems kind of revolutionary. It definitely takes some reverse engineering to get 3d models […]
Voltage and temperature sensors @ Phidgets
There are some new voltage and temperature sensors @ Phidgets. Post up in the comments if you use these – Precision Voltage Sensor -The 1123 Precision Voltage Sensor is now available. The new Sensor is 10 times more accurate than the 1117 – Voltage Sensor. The new sensor also uses differential inputs. The 1117 remains […]
Anykits electronic kits
I haven’t order anything from this site (Anykits) but they do seem to have a lot of good stuff including a PDF “magazine” with open source designs. Any makers out there familiar with these folks? – Link.
Motor Party! Arduino motor shield preview
I’m very excited about this forthcoming Arduino motor shield, it can drive 2 hobby servos as well as up to 2 steppers or 4 bidirectional DC motors. Zooooom, zeeerk, zoooom, zeeerk! – Link.
BioPong
This is a nice, a “bio-pong” game using a modified pong kit. Flexing your arms moves the on the screen paddles, flex both to start the game/shoot the ball – [via] – Link. Related: Pong kit – Link.