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July 21, 2007
Hand-Crank Ice Cream for cranks
Seedlingproject writes -
I like hand-cranked ice cream, not the kind that runs electrically (or even worse the kind that comes from the store). I read lots of books about pioneers when I was growing up and I loved the stories about sitting on the front porch in the summer and taking turns cranking the ice cream freezer. I also loved to think about how you store ice by first cutting it out of a local lake, river or pond in big blocks, loading them onto sleighs pulled by oxen or horses, and then packing them in sawdust in a spring house or some kind of shack.Hand-Crank Ice Cream for cranks - Link.
More:
HOW TO - Make Pepto-bismol ice cream - Link.
Liquid Nitrogen ice cream? - Link.
HOW TO - Make Mylanta mint chocolate chip ice cream - Link.
Play & freeze ice cream ball - and a DIY version - Link.
HOW TO - Make "Dry Ice" Cream - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 21, 2007 09:00 AM
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July 20, 2007
Integrate LCD and GPS Modules Into Your Projects - Awesome Electronics Workshop Video Podcast
This week, Joe Grand brings his expertise to Weekend Projects for the Awesome Electronics Workshop. You'll learn how to use LCD and GPS modules and integrate them into your own projects! Both are simple modules that you can integrate into your own electronics projects!
Download the zip file with all the code you'll need for the projects and check out the pdf to see the schematic!
Weekend Projects is sponsored by Microchip Technology. Check out their seminars and the Microchip Masters Conference
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Jul 20, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, MAKE Podcast, Weekend Projects |
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Integrate LCD and GPS Modules Into Your Projects - Awesome Electronics Workshop PDFcast
To start off, we hook up the LCD module and show you how easy it is to send text to it! Then we hook up a GPS and run a program that reads the NMEA data off of it. Then we combined the two components together and went geocaching!
In the PDF, you can see the schematics and you can download a zip file with all the sample code we used in this podcast to re-create these projects! PDF Link
You can get the video and PDF downloaded automatically in itunes if you subscribe! - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Jul 20, 2007 09:05 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, MAKE PDF, MAKE Podcast, Weekend Projects |
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Run Keynote with a Wiimote
Jason has a great how-to on using a Wii remote to control Mac OS X (Keynote) -
A couple people wrote in today in response to my post about WiiRemote, the Windows Wiimote input device driver. More specifically, I've been reminded that I completely left the similarly capable DarwiinRemote for OS X out of the discussion. In all fairness, there was a driver roundup back in March that mentioned it, but what the heck - it's a cool app and deserves a little more attention.References:So this hack goes out to all the Mac diehards who have an older machine sans Apple Remote. You folks don't need to upgrade your trusty system just to control Keynote or iTunes from a distance. Just pick up the cheap (relatively speaking) Wiimote and download DarwiinRemote.
When you start the program up, you'll need to hold down the 1 and 2 buttons on the Wiimote. This will let the device pair with the DarwiinRemote application, and you should start seeing the three lines on the graph go up and down as you move the device.At this point, you're set. You can use the arrow keys on the Wiimote just like the arrow keys on your keyboard. The home button is wired up by default to hit apple-esc, which will launch Front Row. The A button is a left click by default, etc. etc.
You can change all these settings in the preferences menu. Most of them are set up fairly logically, I thought, but one nice feature is to set the 2 button to trigger the F9 key. This will help you quickly navigate between applications with your new airmouse.This brings me to the cool part. Hit the 1 button and you can now control your mouse by tilting the Wiimote forward, back, and side to side. Your buddies with the fancy new macs and Apple Remotes can't do that, now, can they?
You can adjust the sensitivity in the preferences as well. It's a little goofy until you get the hang of it, but it gets easier with a little practice. Just call it payment for looking like a Wiimote wielding rockstar in your next otherwise booring business presentation.
- DarwiinRemote: Wiimote as a Mac input device - Link
- WiinRemote: Wiimote as a Windows input device - Link
- Control Your Applications With a Wiimote - Link
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 20, 2007 09:00 AM
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Mugi twinwall polypropylene plane kits
These Mugi twinwall polypropylene plane kits look fun (and pretty inexpensive)... they're made from corrugated plastic (the stuff used for lightweight signs and produce boxes -
This new kit features all pre-cut components to make the Evo and includes the fold-out main wing. With all the hardware, carbon main spar tube, glue and tape included, you have everything to make the Evo airframe. All that's left to do is to add a couple of lightweight servos and decide whether you want to fly it as a glider or with electric power.The kit comes with a comprehensive simple to follow six page instruction booklet and you should be able to get in the air in an evening or two!
The kit is available: in opaque white (pictured) or translucent (for night flying). In both kits there is just enough additonal box space to include sundry accessories. Consider including one of our colouring tapes or coiled metre lengths of our 1.5 and 2mm diameter carbon rod. If you are ordering a translucent Evo then our superb value Evo Lighting Kit will enhance the dark hours flying experience.
Mugi Evo Kit, thanks Paul! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 20, 2007 05:00 AM
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Office chair bike
Woodenbikes writes -
A recumbent bike with a very comfy seat. It's a 35 pount leather executive office chair connected to a 16" (little girl's) Princess bike re-welded into a recumbent (recliner bike) and using a piece of another donor bike frame. I built it in honor of "Bike to Work Day".Office chair bike - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 20, 2007 04:00 AM
Bicycles, DIY Projects, Instructables |
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Contemporary Russian folk artifacts
A reader suggests this book for Makers out there, Home-Made: Contemporary Russian Folk Artifacts by Vladmir Arkhipov -- Check out this review... -
A television aerial made out of forks and a lamp made of aeroplane parts; a plastic colander mended in four different places; one shovel that recycles a `men at work' sign and another, the handle of a crutch; DIY sink-plungers, DIY torches, mudflaps, waffle-irons, telephones... These are a few of the `thingamyjigs' to be found in Vladimir Arkhipov's delightful `Home-Made', a sort of Blue Peter extravaganza of the Brezhnev era.Contemporary Russian folk artifacts - Link.This small book, with it's colour photographs of funny, crudely made objects and short accompanying texts, achieves something matched by few conventional histories - a vivid and moving picture of real life behind the Iron Curtain. The shortages throughout the Soviet era and the Yeltsin years were, of course, the original impetus for much of this ingenuity. After the war there was terrible need, as the pathetic tools and rat-traps made during that time testify. Under Brezhnev, a version of communism was achieved in which money was more or less meaningless; there was not enough in the shops for people to spend their roubles on. Instead they relied on barter and complicated personal networks, friends who could weld metal or supply parts.
On the one hand, the `home-made' phenomenon is a lesson in why the Soviet economy collapsed - everyone was pilfering, not to mention spending their workdays doing their own and others' DIY.Arkhipov suggests that the activity was a direct response to life in the an oppresive state: `Each person who can make something with his hands prefers to make something small and concrete rather than uniting with others to change lives'.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 20, 2007 02:00 AM
Made On Earth |
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100 GB Creative Zen Vision W
John added a 100 GB hard drive to a Creative Zen Vision W, not bad! Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 20, 2007 01:00 AM
DIY Projects, Music, Portable Audio and Video |
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New video player from YouTube
A MAKE reader suggested we try out the new YouTube video player so (above) is the small version and Click here to view the MAKE videos with the larger version.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 20, 2007 12:00 AM
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July 19, 2007
Rogue taxidermy
Nate Hill turns discarded dead animals in to art... warning dead creatures ahead, don't click the links if that freaks you out -
If you live in Bed-Stuy and happen to hear the sound of trash cans being banged around at night, don't assume it's a rat or a homeless person. It might be Nate Hill, 29, a local artist who often spends his evenings rummaging through garbage for his medium of choice: dead animals. Hill, who earned a biology degree and once worked as a lab technician, is a self-styled "rogue taxidermist," who uses the parts of deceased critters for his work. He's quite aware that many people find his idea of art repulsive. "I've had bottles thrown at me," he says nonchalantly. "I've been threatened, but I just don't care. I think I'm on to something!"ROGUE TAXIDERMY - [via] Link & Animal house - Link.
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Jul 19, 2007 07:00 PM
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DIY RumblePak for Nintendo DS Lite
Xyzzy writes -
This was an attempt to make a RumblePak for my DS Lite. Sure you can buy them for a few $$$, but where is the fun in that?Instructables DIY RumblePak for Nintendo DS Lite - Link.I wanted the Rumble Pak to fit into the existing blanking plate of the DS Lite that slots into the GBA cartridge slot. This would make it blend in with the NDS and not stick out or have an odd colour. I could have used the PCB that is contained within the blanking plate, but didn't want to ruin it in case I had to send it back. I opted to dismantle an old Pokemon Pinball GBA cartridge and use the edge connector.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 19, 2007 06:00 PM
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DIY projects from Russia
A MAKE reader writes in -
Russian makers website with a lot of original DIY science and tech experiments. Now in Russian language only, but photos and videos are cool anyway. All this was done by a few young geeks from Phoenino village near Moscow.Молодежный научно-технический центр - Link & translated pages.
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Jul 19, 2007 05:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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MIDI NES control
This fellow is jammin with a homemade MIDI Nintendo controller - Link.
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Jul 19, 2007 04:00 PM
Electronics, Gaming, Music, Retro |
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Power with no strings attached
Windell writes in -
Here's an article in EDN magazine titled "Power with no strings attached" discusses practical small-scale wireless power transmission. There are two really cool things in this article. First, a cutaway through the base of rechargeable electric toothbrush, showing the inductive coupler design. (How these things work has been discussed recently in the Make forums.) Secondly-wow- they built and show a wall clock that is *powered by* absorbing 2.45 GHz radiation. That's the frequency used for 802.11b/g (and sometimes n).Power with no strings attached - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 19, 2007 02:00 PM
Electronics |
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The safest tree saw or the deadliest jump rope
Chainsaw Jack writes -
A long-reach limb pruner from This Old House Magazine. Basically a chain saw blade attached to a rope, you throw one end of the device over a branch, line the chain up with the wood, and start sawing. You could easily make this tool yourself with a length of saw chain and some rope.The safest tree saw or the deadliest jump rope - Link.
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Jul 19, 2007 01:42 PM
Toolbox |
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The Online Paper airplane museum
The Online Paper Airplane Museum has over 800 designs ready to download, build and fly! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 19, 2007 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Paper Crafts |
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Scrabble ring
This is nice, a homemade Scrabble ring - easy to make too... Link.
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Jul 19, 2007 11:19 AM
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The Magnificent Revolutionary Cycling Cinema
These folks are putting together a bicycle powered cinema. 10 bikes with simple DC generators attached powering a speaker and projector rig. It can be seen at the Big Chill festival in the UK this year and other places to be announced later - Link.
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Jul 19, 2007 10:00 AM
Bicycles, Green |
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WiinRemote: Wiimote as a Windows input device
Jason writes -
I wish I had a Windows box handy at the moment, as I'd like play around with this. Using WiinRemote, you can have the Wii Remote control your PCs mouse. Tilting causes the mouse to move up, down, left, and right. In addition to a mouse click, the remote's buttons can also be assigned to various key combos.WiinRemote: Wiimote as a Windows input device - Link.This could really come in handy for presentations or classroom instruction. With a standard laptop/projector setup, this would let you run a slideshow or demo an application while being able to move about freely. On the down side, you'll have one less reason to hide behind the podium.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 19, 2007 09:00 AM
Computers, Gaming, Online |
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July 18, 2007
Switchable audio homebrew solution
Mindtrip writes -
The Problem:Switchable audio homebrew solution - Link.
I recently installed a StarCom system for an upcoming tour of the Oregon/Washington coast. My girlfriend tours with me, and thus far we've used our own iPods with in-ear monitors for entertainment, and hand signals for communication. On this tour a buddy is coming along who wanted bike-to-bike communications; thus the StarCom. My girlfriend wanted to be able to listen to the radio conversations, as well as talk to me, but I realized that if I didn't do something, she was going to wind up running the iPod. We have different musical tastes, and while we both listen to audiobooks we're usually into different books at any given time. This meant I was going to have to listen to her stuff the whole time. Unacceptable!!!The Solution:
We use in-ear monitors, so I got the StarCom headsets that allow the use of your own headphones. I quickly realized this would make it possible to rig up some kind of switch or patch cable system that would allow her to listen to her own iPod if she didn't want to listen to whatever I had running on mine, but switch over to the intercom if I needed to talk to her. I scoured the internet looking for solutions, as well as all my local electronics stores, to no avail. No one makes a switchable audio input for personal headset use. However, I DID find a switch at RadioShack that lets you switch between computer audio input and an auxilliary audio, as well as switching output between computer speakers and headsets (clicky. And for only $2!! I figured if it were small enough, she could stick this in her pocket and switch between the intercom and her iPod at will.
All in an Altoids tin of course!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Jul 18, 2007 05:00 PM
Altoids and tin cases, DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, iPod |
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