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April 2, 2007
Macpack
It's ain't pretty and perhaps sacrilegious for some, but here it is - the Macpack... Iamanalchemist writes -
Finally after nearly a year of working, i have finished my masterpiece; I have racked up more geek points by creating a backpack from an old macintosh SE computer c. 1988. I know everyone is saying either A.) why did you destroy a perfectly good macintosh? Or B.) Why didn't you spend that time making floppy disk plate mail like you promised? Well to be truthful/ in my defense, The mac was dead and I tried all I could to find the necessary system software, and I didn't want plate mail armor, however geeky, as much as I wanted this. Let's move on to the actual instructions
Macpack - Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 04:46 PM
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LEGO miniPOV
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Potxoli made a miniPOV (spells words as you wave it around) - but instead of using just waving it around, why not have a robot do that for you! Link.
Related:
miniPOV @ the Maker store - Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 02:43 PM
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HOW TO - Make a green garbage grabber, trash tongs, pick up tool
Toxictom writes -
I call these green garbage grabbers. They are easily made from PVC pipe, recycled banding, duct tape and a rubber band.I sit on the board of directors for a non-profit called ALPAR (Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling) and help out with various commmunity clean up programs. I came up with the design a few years ago and made several dozen green grabbers for people to use at these events. They make a good project for a Scout Troop or the like.
They work great and can be used to pick up trash and many other objects. The video in step 5 shows me picking up a piece of scrap banding, a helium cylinder and a can of olives.
HOW TO - Make a green garbage grabber, trash tongs, pick up tool - Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 12:42 PM
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Diecimila (Ten thousand) - Happy 10,000th Arduino board sold!
This is a big deal, the open source hardware project for artists, engineers and tinkerers, Ardunio - just hit 10,000th sold! Massimo writes -
Diecimila in italian means "ten thousand" and this marks a moment I would never thought we would reach. Over ten thousand Arduino USB boards have been sold by our manufacturer. It's a great success and we have to thank all the users who have liked our work and supported us from the beginning.Arduino is an interesting experiment in the world of open source because we are making an open source software combined with a piece of hardware released under a Creative Commons license. The sales of the hardware have been used to manufacture more hardware and, while adding more and more features to the board, keeping the price more or less the same...
Well, thanks to all of you Arduino supporters, it's a great experience and we want to keep bringing out new ideas and products to make it easier and cheaper for you to work with electronics.
tinker.it » Blog Archive » Diecimila (Ten Thousand) - Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 11:03 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Homemade sport utility bike (SUB)
trebuchet03 made a DIY version of the Xtracycle for cargo carrying - aka: Homemade sport utility bike (SUB) Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 10:41 AM
Bicycles, DIY Projects |
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AVR Blue Sky projects
Ullasmann has a ton of fantastic AVR projects, all zipped up and ready to build! (The AVR is a popular microcontroller from Atmel).
- US Telephone Tone Generator
- 8-Bit International Telephone Ringer
- Pyrameter
- Ammeter
- RGB SlideShow
- Temperature Recorder
- Precision Scales
- Input Multiplexor
- Bio Resonator
- Digital Ringer
- Internet Connection. zip
- Proportional Integral Derivitative Controller (PID)
- Debouncer using DSP routine
- Debouncer using A2D routine
- Digital Low PassFilter
- Led Light Detector
- Power Supply Unit (PSU)
- Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT)
- RGB Color Meter
- Color Sensor
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Apr 2, 2007 08:39 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Make a meat cake
A cake...with a t-bone drawn on it? Has our intrepid chefstress lost her mind? NO, my friends, NO! because THIS....is MEAT CAKE! - Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 07:40 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects |
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Trick candles
Here's an interesting idea for a trick candle, the candle releases a spring to reveal candy - Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 04:35 AM
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HOW TO - Naff movie into 'DVD Spectra'
DoWatt writes -
Everyone has at least one DVD they are ashamed of buying. You know, the DVD that was 'a good idea at the time', was watched half way through and then consigned to the back of the DVD rack, 'hidden' from prying eyes. This instructable makes some use of that mistaken purchase.This idea came out of my need for a workable spectrometer to gather some data. Rather than looking to buy a commercial one, it was more useful (and cheaper) to build it out of the bits I had lying around. It turns out its fairly easy to use a CD for this purpose - but most of the older related pointers seemed to require you to build a box yourself, and in any case I wanted to use a DVD to improve the resolution.
Thus the idea of taking the DVD, case and all, to construct the spectrometer was born.
HOW TO - Naff movie into 'DVD Spectra' - Link.
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Apr 2, 2007 03:27 AM
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Mixing polyester resin (video)
Resin mixing is an important part of composite manufacturing, trebuchet03 shows you how to do it safely and with an acceptable margin of accuracy - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
Moldmaking. How the pros replicate objects. MAKE 08 - page 160. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition or get MAKE 08 @ the Maker store.
Working with Carbon Fiber. Form, lay up, and cure your own high-performance composites. MAKE 09 - page 166. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition.
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Apr 2, 2007 01:52 AM
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April 1, 2007
Carl & Jerry PDF - "Trapped in a Chimney"
In the MAKE comments Tofarley wrote a mini-review fo the Carl and Jerry stories book that we have featured here -
I just thought I'd let people know that I ordered a copy of this book from Lulu, and I was pleasantly surprised. The book is extremely high quality, I would have never guessed that it had come from an independent publisher if I hadn't ordered it myself.The Carl and Jerry stories themselves are interesting (if not cheesy). I'm learning electronics right now, and it's embarrassingly exciting when they discuss a topic that I recently learned about.
Overall, if you're looking for a little nostalgia, or if you want to see what all the fuss is about because you weren't alive in the 1950's, then you should definitely pick up a copy of this book for yourself.
And.... Jeff just posted up another Carl & Jerry story PDF from the February 1957 Popular Electronics called "Trapped in a Chimney". Carl & Jerry stories are some of my favorites, the original author John T. Frye wrote over 119 tales of electronic hackery - the book Jeff recently published of the stories with Copper Wood is fantastic and it's now part of my perma-MAKE collection of electronics books. Jeff is experimenting with giving away a PDF a week or so to see if it helps sales of the book so go grab it here - Link (PDF) & if you like it go buy a copy of the book.
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Apr 1, 2007 06:03 AM
DIY Projects, MAKE PDF, MAKE Podcast, Retro |
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Wire Thing - Double-twist brush
Marcos writes -
In spite of my dubious claim on geekiness, I'm one of the network guys who work with the cable installers. Sometimes, well, most of the time, they leave scraps laying around after the job is done. Tiny snips of copper phone (solid) wire with striped insulation, half of a plastic data jack, and the odd toner. Once in awhile, they leave larger scraps. In this case, really large.Naturally, I had to have this thick, heavy coil of colors and stripes of phone wire, as big around as my index finger, and about thirty feet (10+ metres) long.
"I really like that! I could make something with it.", the Packrat Litany echoed in my head as I considered hauling home the colorful mess. I suppose some of you know what I'm talking about. Maybe a lot of you.
Yes. it's been in my shed for at least a year, patiently awaiting a mission. Thanks to Instructables, the time has come, to Make Wire Things.
Wire Thing #1 - Double-twist Brush - Link.
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Apr 1, 2007 04:41 AM
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March 31, 2007
AVR controlled clock
Daqq made a really simple The AVR controlled clock, source and schematic included -
A friend of mine needed a clock into his amplifier as an extra function. So I made him one. It consists only of one AVR processor and one BQ-M512RD (or compatible, with common anodes) LED display.Daqqs homepage - [via] Link.
Related:
- Getting started with AVR microprocessors on the cheap - Link.
- Getting started with 8 bit AVR microcontrollers - Link.
- Open source Atmel AVR microcontroller kits... - Link.
- More AVR projects @ MAKE - Link.
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Mar 31, 2007 04:27 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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HOW TO - Make a light bulb shrimp aquarium
Sgt.Waffles shows you how to make a light bulb shrimp aquarium - Link.
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Mar 31, 2007 08:52 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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MintyBoost! Kit V1.1
Here's another one of our kits with instructions, up on Instructables -
This is an updated version of the detailed instructable by this device's inventor, Ladyada. The updated version has some extra components. Also if you're having trouble be sure to read the extra section in step 4 about modifying the MintyBoost to work with some newer MP3 players. (It's quite simple).
MintyBoost! Kit V1.1 - Link & get on @ the Maker store.
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Mar 31, 2007 04:34 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Kits |
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HOW TO - Make a thumb piano
BobsDogHouseon writes -
I saw one of these somewhere a while back and always thought it would be fun to play with. A quick Google came up with several including the one in this picture. It's available online for about $33. I'm no kind of musician and I've never built a musical instrument before but this looks simple enough. I'd rather just make one.
Thumb Piano - Link.
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Mar 31, 2007 12:34 AM
DIY Projects, Music |
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March 30, 2007
DIY Coffee - MAKE PDF
We have a caffeinated collection of coffee related projects from the pages of MAKE in PDF form, if you have every MAKE you likely don't need this, but if you don't - we've collected 5 great projects and have them available for $4.99 (if you're a Tips-N-Tools newsletter subscriber there's a discount code coming for that so hang tight)...
I'm going to have a post about each project, today's is: Perfect Espresso temperature hack. Get consistent shots by adding precise temperature control to your espresso maker.
DIY Coffee collects five hot MAKE magazine projects to supercharge your java:
- Home-Build Coffee Roaster
- Bottomless Espresso Portafilter
- Toaster Tea Popper
- Perfect Espresso Temperature Hack
- Web-Fired Coffee with X10 Automation
Got a jones for caffeine and technology? Mod your espresso machine to dial in the perfect shot, with precise temperature control and a filter hack that kicks out maximum tasty crema. Roast your own with a hand-built custom coffee roaster. Hack a toaster timer to perfect-brew your tea every time. And fire up your coffee pot from the internet using X10 automation. Using home-grown techniques and off-the-shelf parts, caffeine junkies will find everything they need to overclock the fix from their favorite shade-grown beverage.
DIY Coffee - a MAKE PDF - Link.
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Mar 30, 2007 10:29 PM
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Solder your own wine charms
Windell writes -
Here is how you can put together your own extra-snazzy wine charms out of electronic components. They look great, are easy to make, cost next to nothing, and make great conversation pieces. For an added bonus, you can solder them in place, making them semi-permanent yet easily removable.
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Solder your own wine charms - Link.
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Mar 30, 2007 02:20 PM
Crafts, DIY Projects |
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Surprising tests with household ammonia
Some fun experiments to extend your knowledge with your home laboratory, from Popular Science 1933 -
Simple Experiments and Home-made Apparatus Extend Your Knowledge and Speed the Work You Can Accomplish in Your Own LaboratoryIt is surprising what the amateur chemist can do with a fifteen-cent bottle of ordinary household ammonia.
Being a mixture of ammonia dissolved in water, this pungent-smelling liquid offers an ever-ready supply of ammonia gas for the home laboratory. Even at room temperature, the gas is released from the liquid. By heating it, the experimenter can obtain the gas in larger quantities.
Strictly speaking, household ammonia is not ammonia at all, but ammonia water or ammonium hydroxide. Although ammonia can be liquefied, it is a colorless gas at normal temperatures. The fact that it dissolves readily in water makes the manufacture of ammonia water possible.
Modern Mechanix » Surprising Tests WITH Household AMMONIA - Link.
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Mar 30, 2007 12:19 PM
DIY Projects, Modern Mechanix, Retro, Science |
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Impatient hand paper kit
This looks like a great paper kit, it taps its fingers as you turn the crank!
Pure distilled impatience, turn the handle and listen to the tappety-tap of impatient finger rapping! Now pre-cut and pre-creased! Simply pop out the pieces and glue together. Complete step-by-step ifully illustrated instructions are provided.
IMPATIENCE PAPER ANIMATION KIT - [via] Link.
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Mar 30, 2007 10:19 AM
DIY Projects, Paper Crafts |
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