Topic: MAKE - on October 27, 2007 at 12:11:00 PM CEST
Show Us Your Geeky Jack-o'-Lanterns
It's the weekend before Halloween, and geeks all across the land are sharpening their knives and getting ready to gouge orange gourds. Pumpkin masterpieces range from Battlestar Galactica cool (a Cylon Jack-O-Lantern, complete with the bouncing red "eye") to delicately nuanced Mac O'Lanterns of geek titans Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer.
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Topic: MAKE - on September 27, 2007 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
DIY Biochemical Scanner From a Hacked CD Drive
Turns out hacking two extra light sensors into a CD drive can turn it into a lab scanner to read the results of high-accuracy immunoassays used to detect disease markers or pathogens, New Scientist reports. The drive proved able to detect pesticides at concentrations as low as 0.02 micrograms per liter
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Topic: MAKE - on August 24, 2007 at 11:19:00 AM CEST
18 Tips for Killer Presentations
Becoming a competent, rather than just confident, speaker requires a lot of practice. But here are a few things you can consider to start sharpening your presentation skills.
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Topic: MAKE - on August 24, 2007 at 11:17:00 AM CEST
DIY laser long-distance listening device
No DIY espionage kit is complete without a long-distance listening device, and no DIY long-distance listening device is complete unless it uses a sweet laser in some form or fashion. If you agree with that statement, then you're in luck, because the following project will show how you can use a laser pointer to hear noises from hundreds of feet away (the distance will be relative to the strength of the laser).
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Topic: MAKE - on August 18, 2007 at 2:30:00 PM CEST
Teremok
In one village near Yekaterinburg there is a simple house psychedelic Russian blacksmith.
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Topic: MAKE - on August 15, 2007 at 8:32:00 PM CEST
Toilet Paper Origami
Toilet Paper Origami (also called toilegami) is the origami-style folding of toilet paper. There are two ways to do toilegami: fold the toilet paper while it is still on the roll, or fold a single sheet of toilet paper.
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Topic: MAKE - on June 29, 2007 at 2:50:00 PM CEST
Jake von Slatt's Steampunk Creations
Steampunk DIY hacker Jake von Slatt poses with his Clockwork Steampunk Stratocaster. Note the damaged right pinkie -- the tip was lopped off by a custom engine von Slatt built for one of his very first DIY projects, a backyard hovercraft. Losing a chunk of flesh to your work is what separates the hobbyist from the artist.
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Topic: MAKE - on June 28, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
Maker Saturday Webcasts at The Exploratorium
Make Magazine and Craft Magazine are doing a series of weekly Maker Saturday Webcasts from The Phyllis C. Wattis Webcast Studio at The Exploratorium in San Francisco.
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Topic: MAKE - on June 18, 2007 at 10:42:00 AM CEST
How Make Glowing Printer Ink
Learn this easy way to make glowing printer ink .No need to buy special paper.You can print on iron-transfer paper,gloassy paper,coated,etc.Work with all color jet printer.
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Topic: MAKE - on May 15, 2007 at 11:24:00 AM CEST
Maker Faire 2007 This Weekend in San Mateo
Make Magazine’s amazing art and technology event Maker Faire 2007, takes place this weekend on Saturday, May 19th and Sunday, May 20th at San Mateo Fairgrounds in San Mateo. The event is much, much bigger than last year, with expanded space, featuring many more makers, exhibitors and events.
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Topic: MAKE - on May 12, 2007 at 5:04:00 PM CEST
Train-ticket-made x-wing fighter and millennium falcon
How to make an X-Wing Fighter out of two Parisan metro-tickets by Hubert de Lartigue.
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Topic: MAKE - on April 26, 2007 at 11:41:00 AM CEST
Inkjet Printed Film Process
Video frames printed onto transparency film and cut down to Super 8 or 16mm film dimensions
Introduction
In the fall of 2005, I had an idea to make a small film projector out of a VHS cassette, as a mash-up of video and film sensibilites. I thought 16mm film could be used, or if this was unavailable, content would be printed on a strip of plastic. This project was not pursued due to a lack of enthusiasm.
However, during the summer of 2006, I was driving to work and it hit me: Print out Super 8 film itself and use a standard movie projector for playback.
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