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Papercraft Keyboard Cat

Fiasco da Gama — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:33:58 -0800

Bouncy Laser Awesomeness

nfg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:10:37 -0800

Awesome Interactive Laser Demo (via) Some technical info on the implementation can be found here and here, some background on the concepts behind the original installation are here, and a cool musical application here.

23C3 Body Hacking

Hypocrites — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:47:17 -0800

What happens when we leave behind cosmetics and societal norms to modify our bodies and minds to enhance who we are and what we can do? In this talk, journalist Quinn Norton explores how technology and flesh are coming together.

I'm not here...

boo_radley — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:29:44 -0800

I'm not here to make friends. slyt
via [NEGATENDO]

Pooh Sticks 2.0

nthdegx — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:14:52 -0800

"When I get the time when I'm not raking, whenever I'm near water, I'll beach comb for bits of wood, feather or anything else that appeals and make some boats."

Can you make yarn from beard hair?

betaray — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:52:54 -0800

Scandinavian Grace's beard cap has inspired the internet. Now plans are available to make your own bearded cap. Have a large head? No problem! Skeleclavas lack a beard, but make warming your head a little more hardcore

Maker Faire

damn dirty ape — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:09:00 -0800

The Maker Faire in Austin is over but you can see all the blue ribbon winners here. Dont miss stuff like the star wheel, or the life sized mousetrap, artgolf, high-voltage toys, a parking lot trebuchet, and of course robots.

Bre and his friends make things.

damn dirty ape — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:36:16 -0800

Bre and his friends make things like space ballons. Sometimes they launch them and are unable to find them. Although the project has been abandoned the videos are very informative and show what amazing things a small team with a little money and off-the-self technology could do. Earlier this year a Canadian team had success with their space balloon and got some amazing aerial photos.

Hide your pot, porn, money, spare keys and jewellery.

Sully — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:35:43 -0800

How to make a secret hollow book.

Ocarina Time!

Greg Nog — Mon, 21 May 2007 19:41:48 -0800

Want to make your own ocarina? Fair enough; a bit of clay goes a long way. But the legends say that only a true master can construct them out of broccoli or carrots.

DIY Pong Watch

loquacious — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:03:23 -0800

DIY Pong Watch - A most excellent homebrew OLED Pong Watch, with an excellent, well documented archive of the design and build process.

"What's all this FPP stuff anyhow?"

fatllama — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:38:49 -0800

Analog by Design: Reality TV for Design Engineers (autoloads Flash with sound). Author, self-proclaimed Czar of Bandgaps, and minor hero to many scientists and engineers Robert Pease now has an online video podcast.

RoombaFrogger: Game of the Future

scalefree — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 13:58:29 -0800

RoombaFrogger. At SXSW, DIY hackers took an innocent Roomba, modded it and used it to play real-life Frogger on the streets of Austin.

Jet-Powered VW Beetle

drezdn — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:56:15 -0800

The Beetle was chosen because it looks cool with the jet and it shows it off well. [link via Make Blog (with photos)]

Discover the goodness that is Hack A Day

Ogre Lawless — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:41:35 -0800

Discover the goodness that is Hack A Day -- DIY geekery of all sorts awaits you: vacuum forming • Infrared web cams and digital cams • robotic helicopter • Telemarketer Interception System • Jacob's Ladder • Dobsonian telescope [pdf] • prison tatoo gun • TIG welder • parallel and serial port sound • LCD projector • FM transmitter [tripod] • computer-controlled glider • jet-powered beer cooler • retro wooden laptop • White Trash hoverboard • refrigerator speaker cabinet • tornado machine [pdf] • fog machine • LED Pimp Bed • seismometer • persistence-of-vision game system • webcam telescope • racing game controllers • Segway • laser projectors • flamethrower • bagpipes and hours upon hours of time wasting others.

Coffee any way you like it

Lush — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:11:05 -0800

Coffee hacking: See self-heating coffee cans and cold-brewed coffee. [via MAKE: blog, which is shaping up nicely]

Friends help you move. Good friends help you move bodies...

stenseng — Sat, 23 Apr 2005 16:10:27 -0800

It's good to know that we have friends willing to do the dirty work for us.

Make fake stakes? Rake lake snakes? Brake, flake.

nTeleKy — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 11:54:22 -0800

Make is a new mook (magazine/book) from O'Reilly "devoted to digital projects, hardware hacks, and D.I.Y. inspiration.". The first issue should be shipped by February 28th and contains articles from Yak Shaving (not literally) to a $14 video camera stabilizer to a DIY gauss rifle and lots of stuff in between. A section called MakeShift requests readers to send in their solutions to a difficult scenario. It's quarterly, around 200 pages, apparently in 9x7 format and a yearly subscription is $35 while single issues are $15 (cover price). Each project has a page for commentary as well as RSS/Atom feeds and MAKE:audio is coming soon.