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October 3, 2007
Carlos Vamos & the amazing visible AIRguitar demonstration
Carlos Vamos & the amazing visible AIRguitar demonstration - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 3, 2007 01:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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Sensing squeeze
Rebecca Stern (MAKE and CRAFT author!) has a cool project sensing "squeeze" she writes -
I'm researching squeeze sensing as a mode of tactile interface. Here I will cover the process of developing a squeezeable sensor and the firmware/software concerns associated with interpreting the data from the sensor. This fulfills the "sensor project" for my class called Computational Principles in Media Arts taught in AME at ASU by Todd Ingalls and Hari Sundaram.Sensing squeeze - Link.First off, how do we sense "squeeze?" People squeeze all kinds of things: lemons, steering wheels, loved ones, toothpaste and other toiletries, pimples, stress balls, hand exercisers. I would like to focus on the latter two, which provide a therapeutic activity for those with Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). Using flex sensors arranged in a certain pattern on a spherical object, in this case a rubber dog toy, one can capture whenever the ball is squeezed.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 3, 2007 12:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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October 2, 2007
Bike-mower roundup
Treehugger has put together a fun roundup of bikes with reel mowers bolted onto the fronts of them. Not sure how effective this is as a mower, or rideable as a bike -- this might be more Chindogu than workable hack. Has anyone made and/or ridden one of these?
The Cutting Edge: Bicycle Lawnmowing - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Oct 2, 2007 08:00 PM
Bicycles, DIY Projects, Green |
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The "music" of slot/pinball electro-mechanics
Daniel Vera, of Helsinki's Association Experimental Electronics, has a cool Flickr set and a number of YouTube vids (linked from Flickr) of rusty n' dusty components of pinball and slot machines being resuscitate and turned into clacking circuit-bent sequencers.
Sequencer - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Oct 2, 2007 06:00 PM
Arts, DIY Projects, Electronics, Retro |
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DIY Bluetooth Frankenphones
When Sarah Lemarié's Logitech Bluetooth headphones snapped in half, as they are apparently wont to do, she did what any self-respecting hardware hacker would do: she mashed them up with a pair of corded phones that she liked to create her own set of wireless Frankenphones.
Project: Wired to wireless headphones - Link
Related:
- Bluetooth stereo headphone conversion - Link
- HOW TO - Headphone Hack - Link
- ShufflePhones - DIY iPod Shuffle II headphones - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Oct 2, 2007 04:00 PM
DIY Projects, Portable Audio and Video, Wireless |
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Chaos Computer Club: Full Steam Ahead
A Reminder: Germany's Chaos Computer Club's Call for Participation for its 24th Chaos Communication Congress 2007 (Dec 27 - 30) ends on Oct. 12. This year, the theme is Volldampf voraus! (or "Full Steam Ahead"), i.e. steampunk! Jens of CCC writes:
This year's congress introduces a new category for talks called "Making". This category is all about making and breaking things and the wonderful stuff you can build in your basement or garage. Most welcome are submissions dealing with the latest in electronics, 3D-fabbing, climate-change survival technology, robots and drones, steam machines, alternative transportation tools and guerrilla-style knitting.
24th Chaos Communication Congress: Call for Participation - [via] Link
Related:
- West German hacker spaces - C4, Netzladen, and Das Labor - Link
- Berlin Hacker Spaces - Link
- Fire Balloon at CCC - Link
- iPhone Hacks at CCC - Link
- Sputnik tags @ the CCC - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Oct 2, 2007 02:00 PM
DIY Projects, Events, Gadgets |
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October 1, 2007
Host a soda rocket party
MAKE pal Steve Lodefink posted the details on a couple of kid parties he's thrown centered on building and flying soda bottle rockets. When my son was little, he really wanted to have an Estes rocket party, but we thought it was probably too dangerous for 6-7 year old kids (even with close supervision). Doing water rockets is a much better idea. All of the rockety fun, minus the gunpowder and serious combustibility (although you'll want to have a healthy respect for the power of the slightly more benign projectiles used here).
Water Rocket Party - Link
From the pages of MAKE:
Soda Bottle Rocket. You don't have to be Burt Rutan to start your own rocket program. With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. MAKE 05 - Page 78
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Oct 1, 2007 07:00 PM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Flying, Toys and Games |
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JTAG pinout detector
JTAG is a standard for device testing ports found on the PCBs of many devices. Finding the pads and pinouts for these ports allows hackers to gain access to the embedded systems, their on-board debugging tools, etc., effectively providing a back door. But determining the JTAG pinouts can be a time-consuming and frustrating process. To help in this, a German hardware hacker named Hunz has created the JTAG Finder, an automatic JTAG pin-out detector, using an 8bit AVR ATmega16/32L microcontroller. Details of the project, and a call for others to get involved, can be found on the JTAG Finder wiki. He also wants to build a JTAG Found database of known device pinouts.
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Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Oct 1, 2007 02:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Boarduino - Breadboard-compatible Arduino clone
Wow! Check out the Boarduino a breadboard-compatible Arduino clone -
If you've ever struggled to use a solderless breadboard with an Arduino, you understand how frustrating it can be! I designed this Arduino clone to solve this problem in an inexpensive DIY fashion. Kits with all parts are available in the Adafruit webshop for $17.50Boarduino - Breadboard-compatible Arduino clone - Link & kits with all parts are available in the Adafruit webshop for $17.50 - Link.The Boarduino is an Arduino clone: when programmed with the Arduino bootloader, it can talk to the Arduino software and run sketches just like the original.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 1, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Kits |
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Werewolf stilts
The part of this video about these homemade werewolf stilts are the last 2 seconds... (here are the plans for them too!) - Link.
Remember the MAKE "DIY Halloween contest" is cranking up soon, get ready!!!!
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 1, 2007 07:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Halloween |
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Keyless entry hack
Ryan (co-founder of the MAKE NYC group) made a cool keyless entry hack for his apartment awhile back, he writes -
Now don't tell the co-op board, but I crafted a plan to ditch my Mul-T-Lock key for good. My apartment building, of course, uses an intercom system to remotely unlock the front door for guests, deliveries, etc. This keychain upgrade gets me in the front door... keylessly.Keyless entry hack - Link.The mechanism is simple enough, just a momentary button on the panel in my apartment, but the mess of wires in the wall is a little unsettling. I took some meter readings of the terminals and sorted out the door button wiring. You can see where the door button is soldered through the PCB, which made it easier to identify the proper terminals. This panel has a "Door", "Talk" and "Listen" button. The "Door" button is normally-open and the circuit is about 22V. In the following steps we're going to effectively bypass the button with our own circuit.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 1, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Home Entertainment |
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RoboFlush - The LEGO NXT Mindstorms toilet flusher robot
BattleBricks show you how to make your own "RoboFlusher" -
Tired of flushing your own toilet? Build a RoboFlush! RoboFlush is a simple Lego NXT Mindstorms Robot designed to flush a toilet automatically. It also comes with a manual flush option! Check out these instructions to build your own. Mike D'Amour came up with the idea, and Will Gorman built and documented RoboFlush.RoboFlush - The LEGO NXT Mindstorms toilet flusher robot - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 1, 2007 04:00 AM
DIY Projects, LEGO |
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Flash for the iPhone camera
I'm sure we'll see a cheapo "retail" version of this iPhone light amongst the metric tons of iPhone accessories, but for now here's how to build your own - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 1, 2007 02:00 AM
Cellphones, DIY Projects |
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MakeShift results (MAKE 10)
The MakeShift results (MAKE 10) are now posted, just to recap here was the challenge!
The Scenario:
Thinking you could use a new hobby to get you off the couch, your significant other gifts you with a metal detector for Christmas. After digging up loose change in your backyard and at the beach for a few weekends, you decide it's time for a real prospecting adventure. So, after loading up your SUV with the metal detector, a pick, a shovel, pry bar, and enough snacks and water for the day, you both drive 80 miles out into the desert to poke around some abandoned gold mines you've heard about.
Finally reaching the end of the road in the middle of nowhere, you ask your partner to unload the car while you head for the rocks to survey the landscape. But as you climb through some old barbed-wire fencing to look for a trail, your keys - attached to your Swiss Army knife - fall out of your pocket and skitter off across the rocks before they disappear into a deep, six-inch-wide crevice between two boulders. (Don't you just hate when that happens?) Needess to say, neither your cellphone nor your OnStar system gets reception out here, and the fancy anti-theft option you went for makes hot-wiring your SUV all but impossible.
The Challenge:
Without transportation, you're stranded. To avoid the daunting prospect of walking back out to the main road - as well as "never hearing the end of this" from your mate - you're going to need to recover those keys.
The boulders are too massive to be moved in any way and you don't have a direct sight line to your keys. But you are able to ascertain that the depth of the narow crevice can't be more than 15 feet. It's about noon now, so you've got at least 6-7 hours of daylight to work with before it gets dark. Surely someone with your skills and ingenuity can get those suckers out of there in time to get you home safely, if not still salvage the outing, no? As the wheels start turning, your mate appears and asks, "Is something wrong, honey?"
Here's what you've got:
In addition to everything mentioned, there's a basic tool kit in the car: hammer, screwdriver, adjustable wrench, snippers, pliers, etc., as well as 100 feet of nylon rope. Because this is an old mining area, there may also be some small pieces of wood and metal lying around.
Click on through to the MakeShift results (MAKE 10) - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 1, 2007 01:00 AM
Announcements, DIY Projects |
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Alarm clock/countdown timer kit
Here's a fun kit, it's a fully functional alarm clock and stopwatch... Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Kits |
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September 30, 2007
End of the weekend - Are you making a walkotron?
Did you get a chance to learn how to make your own walkman mellotron this weekend? Make sure to check it out and subscribe to get all of them downloaded automatically!
Watch the video - Link
Read the pdf - Link
Subscribe in iTunes - Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Sep 30, 2007 03:04 PM
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Paraglider made from storage bags
By way of the awesome AfriGadget site comes this Wired story about a paraglider builder/flier from South Africa:
Cyril is the only black South African currently registered with the sport's ruling body. And it all started with a glider he made from plastic bags, purloined rope and baling wire, a glider that flew -- sort of -- though it both amazed and horrified the professional paragliders who saw it.
Freedom Flight: Kid's Homemade Paraglider Leads to Fame - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 30, 2007 01:12 PM
DIY Projects, Flying |
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September 29, 2007
SensorBib upright bass augmentation
Spencer Russell created a "sleeve" for his upright bass to house electronic sensors which detect his position relative to the instrument. The sensors use an Arduino board to communicate with a computer running PD (PureData) to translate the sensor information into sound. He used Blender and QCad to make a 3D model of his bass in order to create a pattern for his fabric sleeve. He'll be at October's Dorkbot NYC if you want to see this in person. Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Sep 29, 2007 10:00 AM
Arduino, Arts, DIY Projects, Electronics, Music, Open source hardware, Wearables |
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September 28, 2007
Wi-Fi antenna extender hack
You know that someone is going to cry fraud any time there's a how-to on extending wi-fi range. And this one is no exception (read the Comments). I don't know why people doing these projects don't show before and after readings on a signal strength meter to prove their claims. I'm not a radio engineer or a ham, so I can't really judge without trying this out for myself on a spare antenna. I'd be interested to know what MAKE readers think who have experience in this area.
WIFI Antenna Hack! - Link
Related:
- Other wif-fi antenna coverage on MAKE: Blog - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 28, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Wireless |
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September 27, 2007
Jacob's Ladder project
Here's a brief piece on creating a high-voltage Jacob's Ladder from a neon sign transformer, some insulators, and wire electrodes. Just in time for Halloween.
Oh, and this is high-voltage, so don't mess with it if you don't know what you're doing.
Make a Jacob's Ladder - [via] Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Sep 27, 2007 08:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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