RSSArchives: August 2007
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August 4, 2007
Coin rings...
Here's John's awesome coin ring project photos - Link. Want to make your own? Check out our video podcast and PDF - Link.
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Aug 4, 2007 02:00 PM
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Exploratorium: Maker Saturday Webcasts- Making Your Own Kind of Music
Making Your Own Kind of Music
8/4/2007 1:00 PM PDT
When Ezra Daly couldn't find a good slap bass guitar for less than $1,000, he looked around for the materials to build his own--and the Frankenbass was born. It was created from a Moto Guzzi motorcycle gas tank, a chrome tailpipe, and scrap mahogany. Ezra will demonstrate the process of making instruments from recycled components and will play the Frankenbass. Nerdcore, hip-hop musician Doc Popular is a circuit-bender who will be performing with toy instruments he has hacked. Doc describes his approach as "anti-theory," in which he connects wires and sees what happens.
Ezra is a motorcycle luthier who created the Frankenbass on his bedroom floor to debut with a psychobilly band called Buddy's Riot. Doc Popular (aka Brian Roberts) is a video editor, marketing guru, and third-place world yo-yo champion in 2000 - Link.
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Aug 4, 2007 12:00 PM
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Multimeter Tutorial - Learning about continuity
Nice tutorial on using a multimeter and continuity -
You might be asking, "What is continuity?" But don't worry, it's quite simple! Continuity means, are two things electrically connected. So if two electronic parts are connected with a wire, they are continuous. If they are connected with cotton string, they are not: while they are connected, the cotton string is not conductive.Multimeter Tutorial - Learning about continuity - Link.For some basic circuits you can just look to see where the wires go to determine continuity but it's always wise to use a multimeter. Sometimes wires break or you're tired and can't easily follow all the PCB traces.
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Aug 4, 2007 12:00 AM
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August 3, 2007
Maker Faire Austin, TX tickets ON SALE NOW
Pre-order tickets now available for Maker Faire Austin, TX: Oct. 20 & 21, 2007 Travis County Fairgrounds -
Maker Faire: A two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful folks who like to tinker and love to make things. We call them Makers. All tickets & passes will be mailed in mid-September. Children 3 years and under are free!
Ticket prices will be higher than the prices listed if purchased at the fairgrounds on the days of the event. Pre-order now and save!
Stay the weekend and camp at the fairgrounds! A limited amount of camping passes are available for an extra fee. See the bottom of this page for details, only available for weekend Maker Faire ticket holders. Also, a small amount of RV spots will be available at the fairgrounds. Send inquires to Valerie Aubel.
Maker Faire Austin, TX tickets ON SALE NOW - Link.
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Aug 3, 2007 08:00 PM
Maker Faire |
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MAKE: Special Edition HALLOWEEN!
Halloween is the maker holiday - last year our contest had thousands of entries from around the world and this year we decided Halloween was so important for making we would do a Special Edition of MAKE.
DIY HALLOWEEN 2007 from the editors of MAKE and CRAFT brings you 40-plus DIY projects for the holiday that's made for makers. From the craftiest costumes to amazing animated props and the latest in computer-controlled haunted house effects, this special issue will include: headless Marie Antoinette costume, mechanical ghosts and ghouls, LED and laser jack-o'-lanterns, creature makeup and blood-spurting wounds, DIY coffins and tombstones, T. Rex rooftopper, flaming LED skulls, kid-tested haunted house tricks, and a special "Ghoulbox" section with Halloween kits, tools, and gadgets. Plus demonic decorations, hideous party snacks, and profiles of extraordinary makers and their creepy crafts.
You can pre-order the special edition of MAKE here @ the Maker store only $9.99! - Link.
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Aug 3, 2007 07:00 PM
Announcements, Halloween |
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Make Goes to the OSHKOSH Airshow
Make's Publisher Dale Dougherty along with Contributing Editor Bill Gurstelle and Associate Publisher Dan Woods recently attended the OSHKOSH Air Show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Among the interesting features of this show, aimed at recreational flyers, are people who build their own airplanes, such as the Breezy. Enjoy the sights and sounds of this unique event.
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Aug 3, 2007 06:17 PM
Flying, MAKE Podcast, The Maker File |
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CRAFT 04: Video!
CRAFT: is our crafty project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance that is occurring within the world of crafts. Celebrating the DIY spirit, CRAFT's goal is to unite, inspire, inform and entertain a growing community of highly imaginative and resourceful people who are transforming traditional art and crafts with unconventional, unexpected and even renegade techniques, materials and tools; people who undertake amazing crafting projects in their homes and communities. In CRAFT 04 learn and make: Anime costumes, birdhouses, squid ink, police line scarves and more!
Check out the video (above) - Want more?? Subscribe to CRAFT here - Link.
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Aug 3, 2007 06:00 PM
Announcements, Crafts |
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Hackers on a Plane - Defcon and CCC Camp
I'm on my way to Defcon for the weekend. I'm looking forward to meeting people and seeing cool projects! Some friends and I are competing in the robot competition with an autonomous gun shooting robot we built for target shooting.
Then on Monday, I get on a plane with 38 other hackers and we're off to Germany for CCC camp. If you're travelling from Dusseldorf, consider getting a ticket for the flight straight into camp! (I donated my spot to save C-Base, so I'll be in the van.) I'm looking forward to sleeping on a cot for a week while hanging out with hackers and hackery. Then I'm off on a hacker tour of Europe to return on August 20th. Stay tuned for updates!
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Aug 3, 2007 05:00 PM
Events |
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NYC Maker makes 1775 submarine - gets cited by US Coast Guard
Breaking news!!! -
A Brooklyn man in a Revolutionary War-era submarine was cited by the U.S. Coast Guard for drifting into a security zone and unsafe sailing in the East River near the Queen Mary 2 luxury liner, the Coast Guard and New York City Police Department announced Friday.ABC News: NYC Man Cited for 1775 Submarine - Link.The man in the replica vessel was identified as 35-year-old Philip "Duke" Riley from Brooklyn, N.Y., according to Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer Seth Johnson.
Authorities said it was the second time Riley floated the vessel in the vicinity of the cruise ship. The submarine, which reportedly did not have a mechanical propulsion system, was being towed by two other men in a rowboat.
Duke's site here!
Here are some more photos of the "Turtle"...
Another working Turtle replica, created in 1993 at Handshouse Studio.
(Photo: Cary Wolinski)
NY Times photos here - Link.
NY Times article - Link.
Flickr photos here - Link.
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Aug 3, 2007 01:00 PM
Made On Earth |
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Make a Ring from a Coin - Make: Video Podcast
Watch the video and read the pdf to learn how use a hammer, dremel, and vise to make a silver ring out of a pre-1964 half dollar! - Subscribe Link
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Aug 3, 2007 07:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects, MAKE Podcast, Weekend Projects |
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Make: PDFcast Comic - How to Make a Ring from a Half Dollar
Download the pdf to read the comic that explains in more detail how to make a ring from a coin. - PDF Link
You know what would be awesome? If someone with photoshop skills could photoshop an old Charles Atlas ad (link 1 and link 2), and make it an ad for Make: to go at the end of this comic book! If you're into photoshop and can do something like this, drop me a note at bre at makezine dot com!
Posted by Bre Pettis |
Aug 3, 2007 12:15 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects, MAKE PDF, MAKE Podcast, Weekend Projects |
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August 2, 2007
Plastic bag crafts
Nat @ CRAFT has a TON of things you can do with plastic bags, she writes -
We all know how bad plastic grocery bags are for the environment. Research suggests that 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year. The city of San Francisco will be first city in the U.S. to take a stand and ban plastic bags in large markets and pharmacies.Plastic Bag Crafts - Link.But what can a crafter do to help the cause? Round up the bags you do have laying around in the house or collect them from neighbors and friends to start reusing plastic bags for your next craft project. Here's a post rounding up some of the best projects we've seen around. Sew 'em up, cut them into strips for knitting or crochet -- the possibilities are endless!
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Aug 2, 2007 08:00 PM
Crafts |
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PCB Cost comparison calculator
If you make your own electronics it's a pain to figure out which PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturer has the lowest price based on size and other factors, sooo... here's an great javascript PCB cost calculator - [via] Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 2, 2007 06:00 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Online |
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Atari punk console inside a old Ericsson telephone
Check out MAKE Flickr photo pool member Dnny's Atari punk console inside a old Ericsson telephone. The number disc acts as interrupter - Link.
Related:
Atari Punk Console schematics - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 2, 2007 04:00 PM
Electronics, Music |
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The coolest (looking) radio station - RMF FM :: Radio Muzyka Fakty
I don't know what the music sounds like, but this is what radio stations should look like! - Link.
Related:
- RMF Radio Station in Poland Occupies 21st Century Facility - Link.
- Most bizarre radio station in the world? - Link.
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Aug 2, 2007 02:00 PM
Made On Earth |
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Giant match
Here's the making of a giant match, no really - a giant match made from 15,000 match heads - Link.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Aug 2, 2007 01:00 PM
DIY Projects, Made On Earth |
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Concrete crickets
Michael writes -
Graffiti is one of the most powerful and most personal displays in the urban experience, and can be used to make statements, tag territory, spread messages -- urban markup language in practice. However, the output is nearly always visual in nature, making this experience one-dimensional. Furthermore, rarely does the work have a brain of its own, and is usually incapable of reacting to anybody observing it.Concrete Crickets, thanks Tom [via] - Link.
Concrete Crickets was created to address this deficit, creating small devices that will be aware of passers-by as well as other units of their kind. Each unit consists of a sound generator, amp, speaker and sensory system, and is housed in camouflage appropriate to the streets of the city -- soda cans, cigarette packs, and the like.
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Aug 2, 2007 12:00 PM
Arts, Electronics |
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The MIDI viewport
Atmel based MIDI data analyzer -
The MIDI Viewport is a data analyzer for MIDI messages. But it is also much more. Handheld, battery powered, and compact, it displays MIDI data in the order it is received, one byte at a time--using an LCD 2 line by 16 character display. Connected to a keyboard or sequencer it will tell you, in English, which MIDI events are being sent by the device. You can scroll through the 64-byte buffer to see what is really going on in your MIDI system.The MIDI Viewport - Link.
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Aug 2, 2007 11:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Get loopy with the DIY $10 Ableton Footcontroller (no soldering required)
Peter writes -
Mike Una has just written up a tutorial on how to make a $10 foot controller for music applications like Ableton Live, fashioned out of a QWERTY keyboard. (Other possible applications: gaming, VJing.) Clever keyboard mappings allow you to use your feet to control elaborate live music performances, whether you're a beatboxer, keyboardist, DJ, or violinist. We'd love to see what people do with it.Get loopy with the DIY $10 Ableton Footcontroller (no soldering required) - [via] Link.
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Aug 2, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Music |
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Single tube nixie clock
Mmmm, glowie -
Single Tube clock blinks out the current time number by number. Quite easy to read! This clock is utilizing a Russian ИН-1 (IN-1) Nixie Tube & Socket. The PCB was home-made using the board designed by SQ8CBY. The original design and code for the PIC 16F84A was created by Electronics and More. The board incorporates both a High Voltage step-up circuit (originally designed by Lance Turner) and logic. The clock is powered by a 9v wall-wart.Single tube nixie clock - Link.
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Aug 2, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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