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October 3, 2006
Cheap BOE-BOTs
Tonyvr writes in with this deal on BOE-BOTs - "Cheap BOE-BOTS are back at MicroCenter again, but at $70 instead of the previous $50. This is still a terrific deal, as list price is $149. I bought 20 kits at $50, and although the boxes were battered, and had "Radio Shack" price stickers on them, the contents were new and complete." - Link.
In August we pointed to this when it was $50, as Tony said, it's not a bad deal for a Boe-Bot Robot kit (uses a BASIC Stamp 2 microcontroller).
Related:
In MAKE 02 we reviewed this kit - Link.
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Oct 3, 2006 04:16 AM
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35mm DOF adapter project on a Sony DCR-PD100 DVCAM camcorder
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Aaronazz made a really interesting adaptor for his camera, the footage shot with it is beautiful (A DOF is a "depth of field" adaptor to get film-like results from a camera) - photos, link & video.
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Oct 3, 2006 03:04 AM
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HOW TO - Make a "Flailing victim" Halloween decoration
Here's a pretty realistic "Flailing victim" Halloween decoration for your haunted house or for outside your home using a PVC skeleton, Mjeden2006 writes - "The finished body is quite realistic in its movement. The body here has been flailing for as long as an hour continuously without a problem. I needed to 'sprinkle' watered down paint to add some 'funkiness' to the clothes - after all, its been hanging out a long, long time! And there you have it an awesome prop for your Haunted House, or just for scaring some friends" - Link.
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Oct 3, 2006 02:56 AM
DIY Projects, Halloween, Holiday projects |
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Basement arcade
Before
After
Jeff Kinder turned his basement in to a retro gaming heaven, including pumping in ambient arcade sounds, he writes "For the final phase of my project I installed 4 speakers up in-between the joists which play all 80's music and the "Arcade Ambience" sound effect files that I downloaded from Andy Hofle's website. The arcade ambience REALLY adds to the atmosphere when all the games are on. I also installed continuous blue and purple rope lighting along the ceiling in a pattern similar to the neon lights in the Arcade84 video." [via] - Link.
Check out the entire build!
Related:
Arcade projects - Link.
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Oct 3, 2006 01:54 AM
DIY Projects, Gaming, Retro |
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Shocking alarm clock
Clinton made a shocking alarm clock, literally, he writes - "The idea for this project came to me about a year ago, it was right around the time I made the homebrew handheld shocker. I wanted to make something that I could shock my unsuspecting friends with and yet have it still be very annoying, and that's how I came up with the idea for the shock alarm clock." [via] - Link.
Related (non-dangerous alarm clock, well mostly):
- Maker of the day - Matty Sallin, Bacon-cooking alarm clock - Link.
- NES Alarm Clock - Link.
- Alarm Clock Hacking - Link.
- HOW TO - Make an alarm clock loudener... - Link.
- Oscilloscope alarm clock project... - Link.
- Alarm clock case mod - Link.
- Alarm clock projects - Link.
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Oct 3, 2006 12:43 AM
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October 2, 2006
MIB (Men in Black) Halloween costume
Here's how to dress up as Agent J/K along with creating a gigantic gun made from PVC.... Honus writes - "First you'll need the obvious black jacket (preferably three button- I used a two button black blazer and added the third button), black pants, black shoes, black tie and white shirt. Don't forget the dark glasses!
Now for the fun stuff- for the blasters you'll need some MDF wood, sheet plastic or Sintra (PVC sheet sold by plastic suppliers and sign shops- cost about $35 for a 4x8 ft. sheet 1/8" thick), some wood screws, Bondo, epoxy, PVC cement and a few lengths of PVC pipe." - Link.
Related:
Halloween projects - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 11:23 PM
DIY Projects, Halloween, Holiday projects |
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HOW TO - Make paper
B. Zedan wrote in with a great paper making how-to... - "A step-by-step tutorial on making paper in your kitchen, no fancy press required. Lots of notes on the photos for advice and help. I made this tutorial a year ago and since I've had people from all over tell me they used it to make paper for the first time (and they've made some lovely sheets). That sort of thing is terribly exciting to me, I think paper is the best addiction ever." [via] - Link.
Related:
- HOW TO - Make Elephant dung paper - Link.
- How paper is made - Link.
- All things made from paper - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 10:23 PM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Paper Crafts |
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Spooky glowing water....
FrenchCrawler shows you how to make some spooky water for your Halloween project(s) - "Looking for a new way to spook your trick or treaters? Maybe you have a haunted house that needs some added effects. Whatever your reason is, this is one way to creep people out.
I did this by accident when I was younger. I was playing with my blacklight and some highlighters (writing out secret messages and what not) and the marker I was using was starting to dry up. I usually just wet my fingers and use them to wet the tip, but someone had left a small glass of water on the table so I instead dipped it into there (kind of reminds you of a feather and inkwell). After a while the marker would start to go dry again, so dipped it again....and again. I decided to let the marker soak up some of the water in hopes that it would last a little longer so I placed it in the glass and switched over to another colored marker. After about 5 or so minutes, I looked up and saw the water "glowing" a little. I placed my light closer and it started to really glow. That's when I discovered that highlighters make really cool effects when used in water." - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 09:46 PM
DIY Projects, Halloween, Holiday projects, Instructables |
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HOW TO - Cloning a Verichip yourself
Jonathan Westhues has a how-to on cloning your own Verichip (schematics, parts list, gerber and source available) he writes - "I used a relatively sophisticated piece of electronics to clone a Verichip. This made things trivially easy. Even though I had never seen a Verichip before in my life, I just had to write a hundred lines of code; but because I used my proxmarkii, I've heard claims that it is impossible to talk to a Verichip without expensive equipment.
Also, I embarrassed myself in front of a documentary crew when I couldn't clone the Verichip that their presenter had had implanted. (He was a fairly big guy, and the chip was very deep beneath his skin, so I didn't have enough read range to do it with my proxmarkii. We tried shoving the antenna into his arm, but I think we just pushed the chip deeper. A proxmark3--which can read them at the correct operating frequency of 134 kHz, instead of 125 kHz--would have worked fine, and in fact I had brought two of them; but I destroyed both, through my own stupidity, before I got a chance to do the demo. If you build a proxmark3, then don't forget to populate D10/D11.)
I therefore wanted an inexpensive cloner, with decent read range and a simple user interface. It should be easy to build, and it should not require a PC to operate. This will make it easy for you to clone a Verichip yourself, even if you don't have a lot of money, or any knowledge of electronics. The device will also be simpler to use, and have fewer parts to fail; if more journalists have chips implanted, then this reduces the chance that I will screw up the demo for them as well." Thanks Annalee! - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 08:22 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Fun with micro-controllers!
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Steven and Sarah write - "Exploring micro-controllers with the Arduino NG development system. Seen here running in standalone mode with a 9V battery. Arduino makes embedded programming fun and easy by bringing together a clean and simple hardware and software development environment.
Here, I'm messing with reading analog input from a 10k potentiometer and PWM (pulse width modulation) of leds to produce variable brightness." - Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
- Arduino Fever - The tale of a cute, blue microcontroller that fits nicely in the palm of your hand, and the expanding community of developers who love and support it. MAKE 07 - Page 52 (log in here).
- Arduino Fever - PDF preview MAKE 07 - Link.
- Arduino, the Basic Stamp killer? - Link.
- GSM / GPS modules & Arduino boards @ Spark Fun - Link.
- HOW TO - Arduino breadboard shield - $10 & 10 mins - Link.
- PC to real world interfacing USB board - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 04:28 PM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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MAME Cabinet build (photos)
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Aaron writes - "We built an arcade emulation cabinet in under 2 weeks of nights and weekends for a friend's 30th birthday." - Link.
The detail on this is freaking sweet!
Related MAME projects:
- Mini MAME arcade consoles - Link.
- nano MAME Cabinet - Link.
- DIY MAME / Arcade controller - Link.
- Build a MAME Cabinet in 24 Hours - Link.
- The MAME panel - Link.
- iMac MAME cabinet - Link.
- MAME cabinet on a budget - Link.
- MAME in MAKE - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 02:43 PM
DIY Projects, Gaming, Retro |
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HOW TO - Make a Skylon tower
MAKE pal Gavin Harper sent us this great article on how to build your own "Skylon" - "For the Second Sustainable Science Symposium at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Machynlleth in Wales, we wanted to create a landmark structure in a couple of days made from recycled, environmentally responsible materials.
The source of our inspiration was the original Skylon which was erected for the Festival of Britain in 1951. Originally called the "vertical feature" a less than inspiring title, the new name Skylon was devised by Mrs A G S Fidler.
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Oct 2, 2006 01:50 PM
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HOW TO - Draw Steampunk machines
Our steam powered pal I-Wei just posted up a great overview of drawing "Steampunk art", it's mostly about the components of something steam based, so your drawings will be a bit more accurate, he writes - "The purpose of this web page is not to teach you how to draw. I will not be going though technique, perspective, color, line weight, software, or any of that stuff that you can easily surf up. This page is to only to inform artists who want to draw steampunk machines, but doesn't quite fully understand how steam works. The focus is to add enough elements to your drawings, to make your steampunk machines more believable." - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 12:25 PM
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Make a laptop sleeve from a pants leg
Sam shows how to make a laptop bag from a wide width pants leg, he writes - "...somehow I discovered that my 12" PowerBook, when inserted lengthwise, fits snugly in the cuff of a regular pair of corduroys. And with this newfound slice of knowledge, the obvious thing to do is to make a stylish, one-of-a-kind, laptop sleeve out of a pair of pants!" [via] - Link.
Related:
- Laptop sleeve from an old sweater... - Link.
- DIY laptop case - Link.
- Make a T-Shirt laptop case - Link.
T-Shirt Laptop Pouch - Reincarnated tee "iShirt" protects your computer and deters thieves. MAKE 06 - Page 27.
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Oct 2, 2006 11:00 AM
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HOW TO - Build a Rubiks Cube costume
Fred sent in this great Rubiks cube costume along with how to make your own, he writes - "I made this for my Halloween costume last year, and figured people might be interested in doing it themselves for this season. " - Link.
More:
Costume projects and more - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 10:43 AM
DIY Projects, Halloween, Holiday projects |
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Paper plate hovercraft
Here's a fun and simple project, make a small hovercraft from a PC fan, battery and paper plate! - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 09:25 AM
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Solid-state Halloween controller and HOW-TO build a Haunted House
Eric over on Instructables reposted his Halloween controller and haunted house how-to along with some more information - "This was originally an article in Make 03 where my awesome editor Paul Spinrad actually made a replica of my controller and did a much better job documenting it than I would. For the controller board, if you need more explanation than "get a bunch of solid-state relays, connect them up to your parallel port, and go to town," check out the Make article. It also has an awesome comic that I have gone to pains trying to convince people that it doesn't star me.
With this Instructable, I'm putting in text that didn't make the cut for a size-constrained magazine article and creating a space to explore the latest options for computer control. The Win98 machine I had previously used to drive my controller can no longer by relied upon and I haven't yet conquerred external (parallel port, serial port, USB, ...) control with WinXP or MacOSX; hopefully we can collect some great pointers and links in the comments." - Link.
If you're planning something like this for Halloween, pick up MAKE volume 03 here and/or log in if you're a subscriber (digital) edition and check it out.
Related:
- Halloween Haunted House Controller - Build a relay board that sychronized lights, motors, and other electrical devices to a scary soundtrack playing on a computer, and create spooky haunted house special effects! MAKE 03 - Page 86.
- Original project - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 08:39 AM
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Giant robot costume
Here's an oldie but goodie, a giant mech robot costume by Kevin Kelm, it took 5 months to construct!. Thanks Nat! - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 07:23 AM
DIY Projects, Halloween, Holiday projects, Robotics |
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Super-cheap, DIY ring flash
Wayne sent in this how to o making a ringlight adapter for your small flash using two tupperware bowls. Ringlight flashes are usually pretty expensive, so check out this one as well as the other DIY versions we've posted up... Link & photos.
Previous:
- DIY Ring light - Link.
- DIY Ring Light from Christmas LEDs - Link.
- HOW TO - Build your own Ring flash - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 06:15 AM
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Paper covered phone (Looks like a phone chemical suit)
I like this simple cell phone protector made from paper, it looks like a little chemical or radiation suit for your cell phone and best of all you can draw your own buttons... - Link.
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Oct 2, 2006 05:02 AM
Cellphones, DIY Projects, Instructables, Paper Crafts |
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