Here are 8 ways to recycle a 2 liter soda bottle. Save the earth, recycle today! Did you know...Americans throw away 2 million plastic bottles an hour. We throw away... More» about 868 million pounds of it annually (about 75% of what's produced). That's an estimated $130000000 worth of plastic!
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Combine new technology with old for a retro bluetooth handset that will get people talking. Get the PDF for this project here: blog.makezine.com . More great projects at www.makezine.com
Blow your friends away as you send this 25-cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. Get the PDF for this project: blog.makezine.com The rocket template is here: cdn.makezine.com More great projects at www.makezine.com
A steampunk style lighter in the form of a retro raygun. Get the PDF for this project here: blog.makezine.com For more great projects go to www.makezine.com
To celebrate Weekend Projects' one year birthday, I ate a cupcake and made a jam jar jet! Inspired by Bill Gurstelle's awesome instructions in Make: Volume 5, this thing is a real pulse jet inside a jam jar! Make sure to download the pdf that goes along with this podcast at makezine.com/podcast!
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Hack an Easy Button into an AWESOME Button! This USB button types in a random synonym for the word awesome when it's pressed. It works with any computer and in any application. Learn how to make your own custom USB devices using the Teensy USB microcontroller. For more info: blog.makezine.com
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bit.ly Schematics are the functional diagram of electronic circuits. With so many designs available on the web, understanding how to read schematics can unlock a world of possibilities for the electronics maker. In fact, if you can read a schematic, you can build a circuit before even understanding how it works!
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How do you make a walking biped robot, with only 3 servos? In this episode of The Latest in Hobby Robotics, Frits Lyneborg from letsmakerobots.com shows you his inventive way of doing just that. The programs used the robot on the video can be downloaded here: letsmakerobots.com/node/29379 Tools needed are just very basics, like saw, drill, ruler etc. Materials are the 3 servos, some wood (4 paint sticks), hot glue, a couple of screws and some thread locking fluid. The servos are controlled by an AXE230, and batteries are used as balancing weight. You can use either 3 "normal" batteries, or 4 rechargeable, you just need somewhere between 4.5 and 5.5 volts. You can adjust the the height of the batteries, and there are several parameters to adjust in the programming code as well, to make your robot walk well. You can also port the simple code to any other micro controller of your choise, and add sensors, arms and more to your own robot. If you have never build a robot before, the best place to start is probably here: letsmakerobots.com/start
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If you have a simple Arduino project that uses only a few pins, you might be able to shrink it down to a single 8-pin ATtiny chip. In this video, Matt Richardson shows you how, based on a tutorial from MIT Media Lab's High-Low Tech Group. The best part is you can use the same Arduino code and development environment that you're already used to. More information about this how-to is available at: blog.makezine.com
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Matt demonstrates how he uses an Arduino to make a celebrity-silencing remote control for your TV. By decoding the closed captioning track in the video signal, the Arduino is able to look for keywords such as "PALIN" or "KARDASHIAN" and mute your TV, protecting your poor ears from having to hear about them ever again. For more information, including the code, check out: blog.makezine.com
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I bet you didn't know that there's a soft side to the hard edged fiberglass boarded electronics you know and love, and it's called soft circuitry! The copper clad board in through-the-hole electronics can actually be replaced by cloth, and the traces replaced with conductive thread, allowing your projects to light up, and still be huggable and wear friendly. Today we'll show you how to make your very own glowey-eyed cuddle monster you can sew together with the threadbare essentials. Lets go! More: wp.me/p1CIX9-uOU
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Matt gives a quick overview of Make: Projects, a living library for makers and how-to community hosted by MAKE magazine. Start exploring or adding your own project at makeprojects.com
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In this Weekend Project, Bre teaches how to make a pinhole camera, turn your bathroom into a darkroom and make contact prints. Make sure to read the instructions for this post if you're interested in shooting some DIY photographs!
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They electronically switch and amplify signals by harnessing the unique abilities of semiconductor materials. Their invention has transformed the world of electronics and accelerated our entry into the digital age. Behold - the Transistor! brought to you by makezine.com audio and video by Collin Cunningham
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The simple process of vibrating a dish of liquid can make for some pretty interesting results - mixing in a bit of cornstarch can be downright freaky. additional infos here: blog.makezine.com audio, video, music & blobs by Collin Cunningham
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Wouldn't it be amazing if you could make a machine that would make 3D models of phenomena otherwise invisible to you? It's fun to do, and it's is an amazing creative process to create a machine that produces something that you can hold in your hand from the invisible - and it's surprisingly easy.
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Syyn Labs, the folks who created the Rube Goldberg machine for OK Go's "This Too Shall Pass" video, recently did a commercial for DieHard featuring Gary Numan performing his classic song "Cars" on actual cars (their tuned horns), playing them like a piano, all powered by a single DieHard battery. We were intrigued and asked them to tell us how they did it. They sent us this behind the scenes video. The commercial is here: www.youtube.com You can read an article about the making of the commercial and the tech they used here: blog.makezine.com
Make your own fire starter that uses compressed air and burns at 500 degrees!
In this podcast, Bre brings in Matt, the screenprinting expert of etsy.com, to the Weekend Projects podcast. Have you ever wanted to create your own t-shirt designs? Look no further! Don't forget to go and download the pdf to get all the details and supply lists. makezine.com
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Did you know that you can develop your own black and white film with instant coffee, vitamin C, and washing soda? In this how-to, Matt Richardson walks you through making and using your own developer, which has come to be known as "caffenol." For more information, check out: blog.makezine.com
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blog.makezine.com Oscilloscopes are surprisingly easy to use once you've located a few basic controls. They can provide newcomers with a whole new way to view the world of electronics & electricty - plus they look impressively cool/awesome while in use!
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blog.makezine.com USB devices are so common nowadays - wouldn't it be nice to use one with your homebrew electronics projects? Equipped with an Arduino microcontroller + Host shield, pretty much any USB peripheral can be put work in your project.
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Create the illusion of a miniaturized world with this photographic technique. Get the PDF for this project here: blog.makezine.com . More great projects at www.makezine.com
Direct from MAKE Volume 16, this project shows you how to mod your printer so that it prints with invisible ink. More information, including a PDF of the instructions can be found here: blog.makezine.com
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Multicopters is an exciting new area of hobby robotics. They are also sometimes known as UAV's, and essentially they are "flying hobby robots". They are made with a center that holds micro controllers, sensors, receivers, transmitters, power and payload. Pointing out from the center are a number of pins holding motors and propellers. This is the first episode looking at Multicopters, and Frits has a very advanced Hexacopter in the air. Later episodes will look at products you can buy, and some cool cheap and less complex alternatives new on the market will be demonstrated. Here are some inspiring links to other videos with other types of Multicopters: Tricopter: www.youtube.com Quadrocopter: www.youtube.com Octocopter: www.youtube.com Learn how to make a robot: letsmakerobots.com twitter.com
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Matt shows you how to create a cool photographic effect by making shapes out of the out of focus points of light in an image. For more information, check out: blog.makezine.com
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More information is available at blog.makezine.com This week I am going to be starting a series about getting started with the Arduino. A few weeks ago I posted a quick how-to on using a force sensor and received a lot of positive feedback. This led me to the idea of a creating a series of how-to's about our favorite little micro-controller, the Arduino. We have lots of Arduino's in the Maker Shed www.makershed.com
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blog.makezine.com Another clever trick from the world of electronics - Pulse Width Modulation is a simple method for controlling analog devices via a digital signal. It's also an efficient way to drive motors, lamps, LEDs & more.
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John Park hacks a Wii controller and turns it into a personal flight recorder that can sense and measure the stomach-churning G forces of roller coasters and other high-speed, high-risk activities.
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Use a cellphone camera for espionage that captures long-distance secret activities!
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During World War II, GIs in the field built really amazing simple radios to listen too. These were made with materials that they could get their hands on and were small enough to carry around in a big pocket. You can modify this design if you want to set it up so that it's tuneable too! To see all the plans, go to makezine dot com slash podcast!
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Taking a motor from an old exercise treadmill and some PVC pipe, John Park constructs a wind-powered generator. The electrical power may not be enough to get your home off the grid, but the great thing about the project is how it explains in simple terms the technology involved in turning wind into free electricity. Download the PDFs for these projects at www.makezine.tv
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Cristen Andrews of shares with us her plastic bag crafts and shows us how to get started with crocheting plastic bags.
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Reuben Margolin, a Bay Area visionary and longtime maker, creates totally singular techno-kinetic wave sculptures. Using everything from wood to cardboard to found and salvaged objects, Reubens artwork is diverse, with sculptures ranging from tiny to looming, motorized to hand-cranked. Focusing on natural elements like a discrete water droplet or a powerful ocean eddy, his work is elegant and hypnotic. Also, learn how ocean waves can power our future. Learn more about Reuben at www.reubenmargolin.com
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Get a tour of Brooklyn's hackerspace NYC Resistor, meet makers and projects like a TV-B-Gone NES Light Gun, Inspector Gadget-inspired popup book, and more. This is an archived clip from Make: Live's Hackerpace Roadshow, which was originally broadcasted on 11/9/11. Go to makezine.com for information about the show, chat transcripts, and details on the next show.
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blog.makezine.com Not all electronic signals are communicated via electricity. By transmitting information in the form of light, we can avoid many limitations inherent to traditional wiring. And on top of all that - fiber optics are just straight-up cool!
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In this podcast you'll learn how to fuse plastic together and then make a bag out of it! All you need is an iron, plastic bags, sewing machine, and some straps and buckles. blog.makezine.com
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Rocketboom field correspondent Bre Pettis engages in egg dropping for Make. imakethings.com www.makezine.com www.makezine.com
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wp.me Infrared light may be invisible to the human eye - but it's usefulness in the world of electronics is easy to see. IR emitters & detectors can be used in a variety of different ways - most of us use them for wireless communication everyday.
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Make your own backyard biodiesel. It's easy to make a small batch that will work in any diesel engine. You won't need any special equipment--an old juice bottle will serve as the "reactor" vessel--and on such a small scale, you can quickly refine your technique and perform further experiments.
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This week, I collaborated with Xander to show you how to make your own printed circuit boards (PCBs) using a laserjet printer.
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The most recent issue of MAKE Magazine is augmented with bonus content using Layar Vision. Scan the cover with Layar to view!
Head over to Brooklyn and take a tour of the Etsy Labs, meet founder Rob Kalin ,hang out with Bre Pettis from Make Magazine and learn all about the coolest online marketplace for hand-made goods....Etsy!
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Hack your remote control so that you never have to change its batteries again! This project is in MAKE Volume 25. To get more info about this project and to download a PDF of the instructions check out: blog.makezine.com SunMod kit can be purchased here: makershed.com
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Subscribe to Maker Faire on YouTube: www.youtube.com Bryce Moore talks to us about furniture, commodification, and democratic design from his shop in the nearly abandoned basement of Northland Mall in Detroit. We also learn about how his ShopBot and automation make custom, high-end design possible, even in a fluctuating economy. contextfurniture.com
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