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November 7, 2007
DIY Christmas tree projector
Here's a small device that projects a 5ft image of a Christmas tree onto the wall or roof. Uses LEDs and Picaxe micro. Thanks Brian! - Link.
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Nov 7, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Holiday projects |
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Homemade air conditioner
Franco writes -
I completely changed the design of the earlier version. For this DIY Air Conditioner, I made a channel-shaped heat exchanger to optimize cooling.Homemade air conditioner - Link.Materials used:
• Aluminum repair roll ($10-15)
• Nuts, bolts, and washers ($5-10)
• Waterproof silicone ($5-10)Total cost: $20-35
The heat exchanger is made from straight sections of aluminum (cut from the repair roll) bent into a U-shape, and bolted together, as shown (Figure 1, 2, 3). Silicone was used to seal the gaps along the edges and around the bolts.
Related:
Air conditioner make out of LEGOs - Link.
Homemade air conditioner - Link.
Poor Man's Air Conditioning... - Link.
Homebrew Air Conditioning for under $25 - Link.
Homemade air conditioner - Link.
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Nov 7, 2007 07:00 AM
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The Eccentric Cubicle: The Philosophy of Improvisational Fabrication
The Eccentric Cubicle site is up! Including a free sample chapter!
Astound your friends! Amaze your colleagues! Worry your family! Embrace the philosophy of improvisational fabrication and really personalize your office cubicle. Kaden Harris-the unconventional mind behind Eccentric Genius -takes aspiring and die-hard makers into a highly entertaining parallel universe of surreal workplace oriented projects that combine a wide spectrum of basic shop techniques, alternative material sourcing and lateral design paths. From scale model Greco-Roman projectile launchers to mood-enhancing audio visual effects, each project offers a different set of challenges, skills, maker lore and bad puns.
- The perfect golf swing on your desktop
- Lucid dream state induction device
- USB-powered bubble blower
- An unfathomably convoluted Fog machine
- A personal guillotine
- And many other improbable exercises in simple mechanisms and primary tool use for the opposably thumbed
Enhance your workshop skill set and bring character and life to your office desktop with Eccentric Cubicle! - Link & get the book at the Maker Store.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 7, 2007 05:00 AM
Announcements, DIY Projects |
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November 6, 2007
6" f/5 Airline transportable Dobsonian
Monopole writes -
Here's a really neat 6" Aperture Dobsonian telescope which can be broken down into a 11" cube and a pair of slats as an airline carry-on! Also check out the guy's first model which looks a bit simpler to make6" f/5 Airline transportable Dobsonian - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 6, 2007 03:00 PM
DIY Projects, Science |
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Arduino Wireless POV
Today is POV day it seems... Oscar writes -
Here is a cool project from Spain featuring an Arduino POV and some 433Mhz Wireless modules. This project includes an IR sensor to auto-calibrate the display timing on each complete loop. This allows for very accurate precision and stability when drawing on the air! This Arduino POV is based on a old floppy disk enclosure and a old CD-ROM driver and an old car-radio for the main DC motor. Cheap and fun! I'm improving the wireless code to control text from PC to the board remotely connecting together to a USB port.Arduino Wireless POV - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 6, 2007 01:00 PM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Laser POV projector
Cyenobite writes -
Hey makers! This past weekend at the MakePhilly event, Joe showed off a really cool device that he made. In a nutshell he created a laser POV projector out of parts that came in at less than $100. I thought other makers would appreciate his creative project too.Laser POV projector - Link.
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Nov 6, 2007 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Build your own two-photon microscope
Here's how to build your own laboratory microscope and see really really really small things! Includes diagrams and instructions - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 6, 2007 11:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Science |
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MintyPOV
How to make an Altoids tin version of the MiniPOV! -
It seems that everyone and their mother is cramming various projects into mint tins these days. Well, that's a bandwagon that I just couldn't resist jumping onto. The only question was what project to build?MintyPOV - Link.I ordered a MiniPOV3 kit from the Makezine Store, a while back. After building it and playing with it, and letting my kids play with it, and repairing it a couple times after the kids played with it, I decided it needed a case to live in. Realization struck. The first thing I did was check Google to find out if it had been done before. As far as I could tell, it hadn't, so I started gathering parts.
Rather than mess up my original kit, I decided to scratch build the circuit on perfboard. I used LEDs that I had harvested from a string of LED christmas lights, resistors and other bits from various sources, and the requisite mint (Wintergreen flavor) tin.
Related:
MiniPOV- An Inexpensive Persistence of Vision - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 6, 2007 08:00 AM
Altoids and tin cases, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Make a Tesla coil plasma gun
Design news latest "Gadget Freak" shows you how to make your own Tesla coil plasma gun -
Here's a gun that can light up an unplugged fluorescent bulb or spark electrical storms in an unplugged incandescent bulb -- the same effect as a plaza globe. Richard Morrow of Cheshire, England, built the Tesla Coil plasma gun using the casing of an inexpensive cordless hand drill. He uses the trigger of the hand drill as the plasma gun's trigger. The device is powered by a 12V battery. The high frequency, high voltage from the gun causes the argon gas in light bulbs to become ionized, which creates streamers that are attracted to the fingers holding the bulb.Tesla coil plasma gun - Link.
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Nov 6, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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New stuff @ SparkFun electronics
SparkFun just opened up a huge can of newness - here are some of their latest that I thought was worth checking out...
You knew it was coming. The Port-O-Rotary has dropped in price for the holiday ridiculousness. Black is $200, red is $250. But wait, there's more! These new units have a built-in fast charger (no more opening the case). Pick up the handset and you'll hear what no other cellular phone has - a dial tone! - Link.
If you've ever played with Atmel AVRs, you may have discovered how annoying the two different ISP (in circuit serial programming) interfaces can be. We designed this simple interface board to allow you to connect basic 10-pin programmers to 6-pin devices (think Arduino and LilyPad). We also included an inline connector for easy AVR breadboarding! - Link.
This is a ScreenKey - a programmable button that can display any graphic with a backlight that is itself configurable to be a handful of different colors. We have both RGB and RG versions. So cool - Link.
SparkFun Electronics - Link.
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Nov 6, 2007 02:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Blinkin' USB port made from a candy LED treat
AlphaA writes -
Okay. So, this isn't my most impressive project. But, it's so simple and silly I believe others could have fun with the idea, just as I have. I have found something to do with unused USB ports. I call it U-S-Blink and they are quick, easy and cheap to make. This is another product of boredom. and some solder. I used an old RadioShack PCB which was laid out like a protoboard/breadboard and a Flashing LED snagged from a blinking lollypop once I finished devouring all of the sugary deliciousness.Blinkin' USB port - [via] Link.
Related:
LEDs LEDs LED projects!! - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 6, 2007 12:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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November 5, 2007
Help Norman solarize his wheelchair
A MAKE: Blog reader named Norman is interested in retro-fitting his wheel chair with solar power to get more runtime out of his chair batteries. He writes:
I have an electric wheelchair and would like to have solar power for when I ride it into town. It has two 12-volt deep cycle batteries and I am limited as to how far I can go with it. I would like to be able to keep it charged longer.
Do any MAKE readers have suggestions?
Related:
- Help Sally build a backup generator - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Nov 5, 2007 08:00 PM
DIY Projects, Green |
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Sugar based DIY pumice
Ryan seems to have discovered a sweet DIY pumice recipe, he writes -
I was working on my bike just now, and had pretty well covered my hands with some serious gunkage. Normally I just use dishwashing detergent to clean my hands, but tonight my old pal Dawn just wasn't cutting it. I needed some pumice, and I needed it quick. Right next to the kitchen sink there's a big jar of sugar -- it's granular, it's cheap, it's eco-friendly, and it dissolves in water -- so I figured I'd give it a whirl. Our hero (hint: me) mixed up a thick paste of dishwashing liquid and sugar in each palm, went to town, and holy crap did it work well! Just as good if not better than Gojo, and fast too. In about 2 minutes of scrubbing, my hands were completely clean, even under the nails. Give it a try!
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Nov 5, 2007 05:00 PM
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HOW TO - Hack Acom's AS-16 servos
Here's a guide on modifying extremely cheap servos to rotate continuously. These servos can be used as drive motors for small robots etc. The guide can also be used for different types of servos too - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 5, 2007 03:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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HOW TO - Convert an old PC (386 or 486 or Pentium) to a network print server
Good use for an old 386/486 computer... -
This tutorial demonstrates how to build a low cost, stand-alone, professional quality Network Print Server for a local area network. It uses the industry standard Raw Socket API, a trend set by Hewlett Packard's JetDirect and JetDirectEX print servers; also called "raw socket printing" (tcp port 9100). JetDirect is used in Hewlett Packard's, Xerox's, Lexmark's business-grade network printers. Most business-grade network printers on the market today support the Raw Socket (tcp port 9100) printing. Microsoft calls this "Standard TCP/IP port printing" (Windows 2000 and up). This method of sharing a printer is much more elegant than the "Samba print sharing method" because it can handle multiple OS, it can easily punch through routers and firewalls over wide area networks, and it can be easily encapsulated (tunneled) under the strong cryptographic encryption of openssh or openvpn for highly secure remote printing to remote offices.HOW TO - Convert an old PC (386 or 486 or Pentium) to a network print server - [via] Link.
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Nov 5, 2007 12:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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RGB LED color cycling with a Glade LightShow air freshener
Cecil writes in -
I was in the process of creating a red, green , blue color cycling circuit based on a PIC microcontroller when I spotted the Glade LightShow air freshener. I wanted to know if it could be hacked up and used for other purposes. I found a couple of online coupons and when it went on sale in the store, I got 2 for $3 a piece.RGB LED color cycling with a Glade LightShow air freshener - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 5, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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HOW TO - Bind MAKE magazines together
Abizar sent in this how-to on binding your copies of MAKE together, rad! - Link.
New from the MAKE store:
After two years, MAKE has become one of most celebrated new magazines to hit the newsstands, and certainly one of the hottest reads. If you're just catching on to the MAKE phenomenon and wonder what you've missed, this book contains the best DIY projects from the magazine's first ten volumes -- a surefire collection of fun and challenging activities going back to MAKE's launch in early 2005 - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 5, 2007 07:00 AM
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The deer "catcher"
RadioShack has a new campaign I spotted in the latest wired called "Do Stuff" - it might be their new branding (not bad!) - the project is a deer catcher, it "uses a camera and television monitor to look through your camera's lens from afar, snapping pictures by remote control to avoid scaring the wildlife" - Link.
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Nov 5, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Imaging |
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Electric paper airplane launcher kit
Fun looking $14 to launch paper airplanes -
This is a fun educational aid product designed to demonstrate scientific concepts taught in school curriculum. Ready for take off! Kit contains everything you need to learn how spinning motors and plastic discs are used to launch a paper plane at up to 31 mph (50km/h). An ideal kit for exploring paper plane designs.Electric paper airplane launcher kit - [via] Link.This kit was designed at Middlesex University by specialists who teach teachers. Each kit is thoroughly researched and encourages young people to stretch their skills and thinking. Contains Base plate with guide, Plastic discs with pulley, battery box, motors, plastic rings (grommet), plastic suction cups, sticky pads, short screws, long screw, connecting sleeves x 4, terminal block, nuts, wire and screw driver.
Related:
Paper Airplane Contest - Make: Video Podcast - Link.
Paper AirplaneContest - Make: PDF Cast - Link.
The Online Paper airplane museum - Link.
Making a paper airplane a day... for 300 days - Link.
HOW TO - Supercharge a paper airplane - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 5, 2007 04:00 AM
DIY Projects, Kits |
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iRobot Create personal home robot
We're a little late posting this, but check out the winner of the iRobot Create contest! -
iRobot Corp. today announced a winner in the iRobot Create Challenge contest. Built using the iRobot® Create® Programmable Robot, the winning entry, titled "Personal Home Robot," was designed to make life around the house more convenient and entertaining. It can water plants, control lights and appliances, play music and remind owners to take medication. The robot's creator, Danh Trinh, 35, of Towson, Md., won $5,000.iRobot create personal home robot - Link & press release."This is an excellent example of the enthusiasm people bring to the idea of building robots," said Helen Greiner, co-founder and chairman, iRobot Corp. "Contestants put in amazing efforts creating exciting and imaginative robots for the challenge. We saw everything from robots that serve food and drinks to robots that paint pictures and can be remotely controlled from distant locations."
Related:
iRobot Create, projects and (more) photos... - Link.
iRobot Create ServerBot - Link.
iRobot "Create" - Educational robot - Link.
iRobot Create Robot (review) - Link.
HOW TO - Make a PosterBot with the iRobot Create - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Nov 5, 2007 03:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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