RSSArchives: July 2006
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July 14, 2006
The Open Prosthetics Project
Robots.net points to one of the sites we've been watching take off - The Open Prosthetics Project, the goal is to produce useful innovations in the field of prosthetics and give the designs away for free, here's one of the latest - "Robert Haag has started another interesting project for his son Michael: a prosthetic fishing rod. The idea is to attach the rod as a terminal device on Michael's prosthetic arm in place of the usual gripper. Pretty much anything can be made into a body-powered terminal device by attaching 1/2-20 male threads to it, although it's a little harder to make it do something when you pull the cable. The first stage of the project is to modify the rod so it can be attached as a terminal device." - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 10:14 AM
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Digital picture frame
There are a lot of DIY LCD picture frame projects, but this is one of my favorites from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Fritzgutten, the frame is made from a bunch of old junk computer parts - Link.
Related:
LCD photo frame projects - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 09:50 AM
Imaging |
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Bottlecap Pincushions
Here's a great way to reuse those plastic bottle caps from soda or water botttles -- create a bottlecap pincushion. Perfect for when you have small projects and need to take those trusty pins on the road. There are lots of pictures for the step-by-step on verybigjen's flickr. Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 09:35 AM
Crafts |
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Portraits made from pills
Artist Andy Diaz Hope has a series of portraits made out of gel capsules - [via] - Link.
Update: Andy writes - If you're in New York, I'll have some showing as part of a collaborative installation with Laurel Roth(www.loloro.com) @ Mixed Greens on 26th Street. Show opens on the 20th of July. Free Good 'n' Plenty's laced with empty pink and white gelatin capsules to those who make it.
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Jul 14, 2006 08:53 AM
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Supercapacitor contest!
Windell writes - "I've got a hundred supercapacitors and I haven't decided what to make out of them yet. So, I'm holding a little contest: Come up with a cool supercapacitor project and you could get ten of these little beauties." - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 07:40 AM
Announcements, Electronics |
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DIY Screen glow
Simon writes - "I needed some light behind my monitor to ease the constrast at night. IKEA sells 1 foot long LED strip lights which work great for this." - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 06:38 AM
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DIY Gary Fong Lightphere
Jason writes - "The Gary Fong Lightsphere is a flash diffuser that is gaining popularity with wedding and portrait photograhers world wide. His product is selling at a pace that the manufacturer can't keep up with. This Flickr photoset demonstrates the use of a to-go container to make your own." - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 05:28 AM
DIY Projects, Imaging |
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Art from the US Naval Observatory
The US Naval Observatory has a ton of hi-res scans and photos of artwork, globes, clocks, telescopes, and other historical objects, the astrological drawings are incredible [via] - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 04:12 AM
Arts, Retro, Science |
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Fish piloted vehicle
Somewhat like the roach controlled robot from MAKE 02, this fish controlled vehicle navigates around as the fish pilot swims to different locations in the bowl - [via] - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 03:35 AM
Arts, Made On Earth, Transportation |
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Electricity in the burbs
Telsa1000 keeps posting these amazing shots of electricity zorking around in the burbs' of "somewhere" and last set includes build photos and plans on making a Tesla coil - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 02:23 AM
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HOW TO - Make your own iPod Hi-Fi mini
Here's how to build your own "Hi-Fi" from old Macs... - "Just as the Mac mini has redefined people's expectations on what a computer should be the iPod Hi-Fi mini brings all that is great in the iPod Hi-Fi down to a size that redefines what you should expect from your home stereo. Using the classic form of the original Macintosh, and state of the art audio components, the iPod Hi-Fi mini is all you every wanted in a hi-fi, and less." [via] - Link & - HOW TO.
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Jul 14, 2006 01:50 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, iPod |
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Propeller drives homemade flying merry-go-round
These kids got to ride around on a homemade propeller driven merry-go-round, Popular Science 1939 - Link.
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Jul 14, 2006 12:31 AM
Modern Mechanix, Retro |
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July 13, 2006
MakeShift 05: Analysis, commentary, and winners
In 1960, Woody Norris read a contest announcement in a magazine that changed his life and set him on the path of being a world-class inventor. The announcement challenged readers to submit a plausible but fictional account of a supposed new invention to be published as an April Fool's joke. Woody took up the challenge. Here is the interesting part: during the process of trying to come up with a product that was both plausible but a bit "out there," he came up with what would ultimately be his first successful invention. The rest is history.
Coming full circle, Woody is now the one throwing down the gauntlet, challenging you to prove your makeshift mettle by staying alive for 48 hours in a bank vault with limited oxygen. Over 100 of you answered the call, and Woody and I had to break open the engineering and chemistry texts to evaluate a good number of the submissions. In the end, Woody selected two winners and two honorable mentions; to say that selecting two winners from the pool of entries was difficult would be to understate matters. It was flat-out hard.
It is interesting to note Woody's unique method of evaluation. Before he would evaluate any of the responses, he felt like he had to submit himself to the challenge and solve his own problem. He even set up an electrolysis apparatus in his lab so he could get empirical versus theoretical measures of power consumption and 0/H production. Then, he used his solution and data as reference points to evaluate the entries. Woody's Solution is included here for your review.
Thanks to the MAKE readers who took up Woody's challenge - check out all the winners here! - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 11:43 PM
Announcements, Make Challenge |
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HOW TO - Make a Radio Shack optical Theremin
Here's how to make an optical theremin-like from stuff you can get at Radio Shack. As it's exposed to light it will produce different distortion - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 10:56 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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Using vactrols for circuit bends
Here's a short video on using a light sensor with an electron toy, like a speak-n-spell for circuit bending, as it's exposed to different types of light it create different distortions - Link.
Related:
- In MAKE volume 04 we have a huge guide on circuit bending. Subscribers can log in and read it now.
- Tons of circuit bending projects - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 09:52 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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HOW TO - Build your own wind turbine
Kagetsuki sent in this how-to on building a model vertical wind generator using household items, wire and magnets - " These plans are for the construction of a machine called a Savonius wind turbine. Wind turbines come in two general types, those whose main turning shaft is horizontal and points into the wind, and those with a vertical shaft that points up. The Savonius is an example of the vertical axis type. It consists of two simple scoops that catch the wind and cause the shaft to turn." - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 08:50 PM
DIY Projects, Science |
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Sanrio Cross Stitch Patterns
Check out the cool Sanrio DIY Crafts page where a user has collected some super cute Sanrio cross stitch patterns. There is of course lots of Hello Kitty to choose from but I am loving a few I've never seen before, like Dokidoki the hamburger and Chicken Chums (little nuggets) both of which kinda make me hungry right now. Chococat is still one of my all time favorites. [ via ] Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 07:44 PM
Crafts |
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Following lines on Indian design cures insomnia
This old how-to from Modern Mechanix 1931 might be exactly what I need, just make this pattern and follow it with your eyes... getting sleepy already... - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 06:57 PM
Modern Mechanix, Retro |
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Making antique brass nameplates
Mike writes - "In this article, Jeff Conner describes the process for creating brass nameplates from scratch. I'm restoring a 1942 South Bend Lathe and found the information particularly interesting as I've got a few tags that could stand being recreated, and a racecar that could stand a little custom nameplate work!" - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 05:52 PM
DIY Projects, Retro |
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Fermenting waste fruit to fuel ethanol
Emka writes - "In a series of articles Garth Cambray describes a DIY process for brewing fuel tank ready ethanol, a sustainable renewable fuel exciting the interest of sugar producers in Kenya and beyond." - Link.
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Jul 13, 2006 04:29 PM
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