Don’t think I’d buy these, but it would be fun to do a re-make and do you own… “These Lightweight, collapsible speakers are portable and can be folded away and placed in the included pouch when not in use. Plug them into your personal stereo’s headphone jack to enjoy quality sound. The name “MUJI” is […]
Shawn writes – “Over the past 12 months, hundreds of families have downloaded instructions from SAS’s sister site, SciFair.org, for an extraordinary science project. The instructions explain how to build a remarkable device that is so incredibly sensitive, it can easily detect the magnetic field generated by the solar wind. The sun sprays out into […]
Lenore writes – “…an article about my great-uncle’s basement that has some fabulous workbench photos, incredible machinery, lots of tools, and an inordinate amount of junk.” – Link.
MAKE Flickr photo pool member TheThompsonFive posted up the assembled open source MAKE mp3 player he made– “After a furious afternoon of soldering here it is, my completed Daisy mp3 player from the Make magazine store. Some people have griped about the price, myself included, but I will say in it’s defense that the kit […]
Owen writes – “In this example we build a self-contained cellular automata video synthesizer using the Video Critter Mini. The Video Critter Mini is an AVR based video board that can be used to generate simple graphics on an NTSC television. By adding 3 pots and a button, we can make a complete 1-D cellular […]
A few makers sent this in… SEARS now carries a a computer controlled CNC machine for under $1,799 (USD) “Compact, computer-controlled, 3-dimensional woodworking machine with an easy-to-use interface. It allows a novice to make a complete project without a shop full of tools.The unique configuration allows it to perform many other woodworking functions, including ripping, […]
It’s what they call “the holiday time” so it’s soldering time … Based on British math whiz John Conway’s “Game of Life”. In the Game of Life, a collection of cells lives, dies or multiplies based on a few mathematical rules). DDT designed an easy-to-solder kit that is cheap and scalable. Each Game of Life […]
