searching for something to replace the flat screen display that was amazing in your house ten years ago? how about a circular display similar to a snowglobe (crystal ball?) that will display the image you are viewing correctly no matter at what angle you view it. This amazing student project from Queens university combines elements…
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[Bill Meara] was viewing the international space station and the shuttle discovery pass overhead a few weeks ago, which rekindled an interest he gave up long ago – sending and receiving radio packets from space. Years ago, he used to send APRS packets into space with a small rig powered by a 286 computer and…
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Chess has been around for an awfully long time, automobiles less so. However, there’s no reason the two can’t be combined, like in this chess set fashioned from automotive components. The project was made as a gift, and is the sort of thing that’s quite easily accessible for an interested maker to attempt at home. parts used…
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Not only did [Josh Kiepert] build a 33 Node Beowulf Cluster, but he made sure it looks excellent even if you don’t understand what it is. That’s thanks to the power distribution PCBs he created and etched. In addition to injecting power with each of the RPi GPIO headers they hold an RGB LED which is…
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There was an Engadget post today about Motorola IMFrees that are free after rebate. From the IMFree hacking forum it appears that the project is still in pre-alpha. Hack-A-Day isn’t hiring. Weblogs, Inc. is. They’re hiring for a new geek blog: “old skool geek as in comic book/sci-fi/D&D genre geeks”. MAKE:Blog featured the travel Tinker…
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Centuries ago, craftsmen as well as smiths of all kind spent numerous hours crafting a crossbow. From the fine craftsmanship that went into making the bow to the flawless smithing a windlass requires, a great deal of effort went into building a maker of war. considering that [Chris] has a 3D printer, he figured he…
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Fluorescence microscopy is an optical technique that incorporates fluorescence or phosphorescence (as opposed to reflection and absorption) in order to study the properties of organic and inorganic substances. Not a stranger to bringing diy techniques into the lab, [Philip] is using 3D printing resources to advance science and delight interns from labs everywhere. In fluorescence…
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Making new parts in Eagle CAD isn’t the simplest thing in the world, particularly if you’re dealing with a bundle that isn’t in one of the default libraries. Usually, making a new part means digging out a datasheet as well as drawing a new part in Eagle. A much better solution would be to produce…
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Don’t warm up your home this summer, develop your own backyard pizza oven instead. We like to utilizing our garden produce, homemade dough, as well as fresh farmer’s market mozzarella to whip up a tasty pie in the summer. however it can be tricky to cook it on the grill as well as we hate…
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As [Medhi] was setting up his Christmas tree, he found a string with a few broken lights. because he’d purchased a low-cost string of lights wired in series, of course one bulb was burnt out, rendering the entire string useless. His original game plan was to search through the entire strand for the broken bulb, but…
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