The "Genny" is a multi-purpose treadle-powered machine for rural areas of developing countries, a power source for such needs as: Charging cellphones Charging batteries Processing grain Providing peak power for...
Posted by Pat Delany
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Hacks | No Comments
Project video at http://www.flickr.com/photos/8190411@N07… For my son’s fourth birthday, we decided on a fire truck theme. We started the party with a tour of a fire station and then went...
Posted by Jeff
Categories: Arduino, Computers & Mobile | No Comments
This project combines a number of unrelated technologies to provide a small convenience. The essence of this project is to remotely actuate a switch connected to the garage door opener...
Posted by Miguel Marcos
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
Television antennas are comprised of a series of metal rods cut to exact lengths and positioned so they receive a particular television frequency. The following design was invented in the...
Posted by Hikus
Categories: Computers & Mobile | 4 Comments
The new DTV signals aren't all UHF, so attatch some more coat hangers to your MAKE gray-hoverman antenna
Posted by Alex Dickman
Categories: Computers & Mobile, Electronics | No Comments
This is one of my favorite stories of an eleventh-hour save of a Maker Faire project. Makers Sophi Kravitz and Ollie Tanner built an 8′ bar graph that indicates the...
Posted by John Edgar Park | Friday May 25th, 2012 9:30 AM
Categories: Electronics | 8 Comments
Rotobooth, a project by Chris Bell, Liangjie Xia, and Mike Kelberman is a hacked rotary phone that takes your picture as you're calling your own cell phone, then sends a...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Friday April 20th, 2012 10:00 AM
Categories: Arduino, Photography & Video | 2 Comments
Simon Jansen wanted an authentic prop to go with the decor of his workshop while he rebuilds an antique Austin 7 car. He got his hands on an old bakelite...
Posted by Michael Colombo | Friday March 9th, 2012 10:00 AM
Categories: Arduino, Music | 2 Comments
We (MAKE) rarely post anything political here and we try to keep the comments non-polarizing when these topics come up - everyone is here to learn, make, share and have...
Posted by Phillip Torrone | Friday November 18th, 2011 3:00 PM
Categories: General | No Comments
At Washington, DC's hackerspace, HacDC, a team led by the enigmatic "Doctor" seeks to develop a simple system for quickly deploying an ad-hoc internet in the event of internet outages....
Posted by R. Mark Adams | Tuesday October 11th, 2011 2:00 PM
Categories: Hackerspaces | No Comments
Based on The Awesome Button, Les made a one step boss dialer by hooking an emergency button into his employer’s IP telephone system. Inside the button is a Teensy board,...
Posted by Matt Richardson | Saturday August 6th, 2011 6:34 AM
Categories: Electronics | 8 Comments
Project White Star, those intrepid souls trying to fly a weather balloon across the Atlantic, built an excellent helical antenna to be featured as part of their next payload. (The...
Posted by John Baichtal | Thursday June 30th, 2011 2:30 PM
Categories: General | No Comments
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