Since there's almost any size and shape of solar panel available for purchase from a myriad of vendors across the Internet why would anybody want to go through the hassle of tabbing together their own cells to build a solar panel? Because you can, obviously. This DIY video will run through the basics of chaining together polycrystalline cells and...
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool: When we last covered recotana's Open Sound Controller (OSC) library for Arduino (ardOSC), he had an Arduino talking to an iPhone using the OSC protocol. The pr[...]
You can make a camera trigger without a micro controller, but this system allows you to easily add sensors or variable timers, making it extremely flexible. [Thanks Haje] There are loads of reasons [...]
Scotch's Off The Roll tape sculpture contest ends this month, so vote early & often -- literally, you can vote for as many entries as you want, ten per day, one vote per sculpture max. The above scu[...]
On the blog Stuff I Like, they posted this heartbreakingly cute vintage trailer they saw while vacationing at Calaveras Big Trees. Talk about efficient use of space. The Cutest Trailer You Eve[...]
Randy Sarafan made a cigar box style guitar from an old NES, and shows us how to add a pickup to amplify the sound in his Instructable. He uses a NES controller cable for the audio, so classy! [...]
Every other week, MAKE's awesome interns tell about the projects they're building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they've gotten into, and what they'll make next. By Tyler Moskowite, engineering inte[...]
There's a (r)evolution in the world of running it seems, many runners are tossing their expensive cushiony running shoes and opting for barefoot'ing it, running in sandals, flats and some are just ma[...]
Fifty Dangerous Things (you should let your children do) is the first book from the people who created Tinkering School. With projects, activities, experiences, and skills ranging from "Superglue You[...]
Tales From The Cube: Timing—as well as location—is indeed everything when it comes to problem-solving. [...]
LVDT-based linear position sensors provide position feedback control of down-hole drilling equipment such as bore scopes that measure the ID of the drilled hole[...]