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February 09, 2007

DIY Human slingshot

Here's a project you won't see on MAKE, but I've tried versions of these at amusement parks, tons of fun... - Link.

Petroc Dragon Sesti's - Fluid Icon

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Here's a really cool animated sculpture - plinth, electric turbine, glass, & fluid - there might be a spinning magnet in there or the plastic goes through the plinth... whatcha think makers? - [via] - Link & video.

Laughing Squid visits MAKE Magazine & O'Reilly

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Scott Beale from Laughing Squid drove up to O'Reilly to meet with our team for a tour and to chatter about Maker Faire stuff, etc. As usual, Scott has a fun write up and great photos... - Link.

"Green Light" - light planter

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Dreamgreen writes -

The first green dream is the "Green Light". A plant (Hedera) grows around an (energy saving!) lamp. You can grow it or cut it to dim or brighten the light. Coming soon in alternative versions such as Woodbine (Lonicera), grape, and tomato plant! Designed by Twan Verdonck for DreamingreeN. Available in the shop in three formats: product, DIY and download.

Odd, I can't find the DIY plans, but it's pretty easy to re-make this.

"Green Light" - [via] - Link.

Time lapse retro arcade art...

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Artist Rosemarie Fiore makes these amazing time lapse photos of retro arcade screens. Pictured here - "Tempest 1" 2001. digital c print 4 ft x 6 ft - [via] - Link.

February 09, 2007

Make a RF probe

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Neelandan writes -

Probe for measuring in the Radio Frequency range built inside an earphone jack, designed to have minimum capacitance and complete shielding.

Make a RF probe - Link.

Experimental High-resolution Skype for Mac and PC

Jason has a sweet Skype hack...

Jaanus Kase posted instructions over on Skype's developer site for enabling higher quality 640x480 video. You need to upgrade to the latest Skype release (2.5.0.85 or later for mac and 3.0.0.216 for PC), quit Skype, and then edit the config.xml file in your settings directory ("~/Library/Application Support/Skype/[skypeusername]/" in OS X).
You should see an entry that looks similar to:
<Video> <Device>Built-in iSight</Device> </Video>

Modify that to read:
<Video> <CaptureWidth>640</CaptureWidth> <CaptureHeight>480</CaptureHeight> <Device>Built-in iSight</Device> </Video>

When you've finished, your contacts will be seeing you in glorious 640x480 instead of the standard 320x240. There are some tweaks and hardware requirements that might be required for the PC version, so check up on the links below for the nitty-gritty details.

Related links:

Using robots to weld metal carts

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Turns out the FANUC robots can be used for more than just giving humans an occasional ride, Eric writes in with this student project - Link & mirror.

More:

Central Lakes College robotics - Link.
Robotics @ MAKE - Link.

CRAFT Valentine's Day Card Contest - You still have time to enter!

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Nat writes -

Hellooo Crafters! Take advantage of the cold weather tonight, stay in and craft your entry to our "Recycle Your Heart" CRAFT Valentine's Day Card Contest. You really do still have time! All entries must be in by tomorrow, Friday, Feb 8 at 5pm (PST). Just remember you must include some sort of recycled goods in your card, and it can be made with any kind of craft you wish. Upload the photo of your card to our CRAFT Flickr pool and tag the photo with craftvdaycontest. Winners will be announced on Valentine's Day, February 14th, and will receive a copy of CRAFT: 02 and an exclusive CRAFT T-shirt. But wait -- there's more! Each winner will also receive a 1-month free subscription to The Sampler, samples from small, indie businesses who like you and think you're nice!
The guest judges are Megan Readon from Not Martha, Garth Johnson from Extreme Craft, and Tiffany Threadgould from Tiffany Tomato Designs. More details of the rules are here - Link.

Here's more inspirational links:
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Vintage 20's-30's: Vintage Valentine Postcards, Broches Ma Chérie by Sofia Barao
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Felt Valentines by Crafty Daisies, Greeting Cards with Fabric, Yarn, and Other Goodies by CraftyPod.
Inspirational Links from Monday - Link.

February 08, 2007

Call for Makers, Bay area & Halloween projects

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This year at Maker Faire, we plan to have a building full of great Halloween projects. We'd like to encourage you to submit proposals for scary, freaky and fun Halloween projects, perhaps ones that you wish more people had a chance to see more than once a year. The Maker Faire Bay Area in May will be a warm-up for Halloween prime-time October dates at Maker Faire Austin.

Pictured here, one of my favorites from our MAKE & CRAFT 2006 Halloween contest!

We're also holding two open auditions for Maker Faire. One in LA on Sunday, February 18 at Machine Project from 1-4pm. Make and Craft editors Dale Dougherty, Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair will be there.

Our second audition is at TechShop in Menlo Park. We are doing auditions to make it easy for makers to show us their work. Make and Craft editors Dale Dougherty, David Pescovitz and Natalie Zee Drieu will be there.

You can think of these auditions as more like Dorkbot meetings. Anyone is welcome to come watch. We ask Makers to go up in front of the audience and present their project in under 10 minutes. This will be a fun, friendly and supportive event.

If you are planning to come audition, please contact Natalie at natalie@oreilly.com. Come show us what you love to make.

Call for makers for the Bay Area - Link & more.

HOW TO - Big batch Kombucha

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Tim writes -

Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage popular in Russia, China, and elsewhere. The culture forms a leathery skin called the "mother" that floats on top. This week's Instructables TV episode shows how to wrangle the jellyfish-like "Mother" and make Kombucha 5 gallons at a time. This method produces a fizzy carbonated kombucha that tastes very much like hard apple cider.

HOW TO - Big batch Kombucha - Link & video.

This is a science fiction story, but it's real, and you can drink it.

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Kombucha Madness. Brew your tea with fermented zing. From the column DIY: Clone It. CRAFT 02 - page 101. Subscribers--read this article now in your digital edition.

More:

Kombucha Articles - Link.
The Kombucha Journal - Link.
Kombucha on Wikipedia - Link.

Seeing through circuit boards

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Bunnie writes -

I'm resolving some manufacturing challenges in the new chumby design and had the opportunity to use an X-ray board inspection tool. This tool is what you want to use if, for example, you wanted to reverse engineer a circuit board with buried or hidden traces. It also lets you see through the packages and inspect the quality of the wirebonds. This particular system has a feature that let you rotate the board as you inspected it so you can look at it at an angle-which is actually really cool to see live, it's sort of like flying through the circuit board. I wish I had a video of it but I didn't bring my camera into the shop today.
Anyways, I thought those who have never seen this capability before would find the following pictures interesting and perhaps thought provoking.

Seeing through circuit boards - Link.

February 07, 2007

Copper plating and etching Altoids tins

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Jake writes in with a how-to plate and etch Altoids tins...

"Using a car battery, blue vitriol solution (an archaic name for copper sulfate) and printed circuit board making techniques, I etched and copper plated some Altoids containers this past weekend."

Copper plating and etching Altoids tins- Link.

HOW TO - Make a wooden faced wristwatch

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James writes -

"I have a thing for watches, and nicely figured wood, sadly I've only been able to find a couple of wood based watches. It sounded like a lovely weekend project to fab up a new face for a regular watch, so I went for it."

Wooden faced wristwatch - Link & photos.

IEEE Spectrum: Attention, Hobbyists - WIN A TRIP TO MAKER FAIRE!

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Want to win a trip to Maker Faire? IEEE Spectrum has a fantastic contest -

Do you have a terrific electronics project you've built at home? If so, we want to hear from you.
IEEE Spectrum and Make magazines are joining forces to call attention to the coolest and cleverest do-it-yourself projects. If you've conceived and built something that you'd like to share with the combined readerships of Spectrum and Make--more than a million people--let us know about it.

To enter, send a brief description of your project and include an estimate of how much it cost. Throw in a photo, a parts list, and a schematic. Mail them to: Spectrum/Make DIY Contest, 3 Park Ave., 17th Floor, New York, NY 10016-5997, U.S.A. The entry deadline is 15 March 2007.

If you win, you'll receive full coverage of your project in the print and/or online editions of both Spectrum and Make, as well as airfare and accommodations to attend the next "Maker Faire." That's Make magazine's annual jamboree for do-it-yourselfers, 19 to 20 May 2007 at the San Mateo, Calif., Fairgrounds, where you will describe and demonstrate your project.

IEEE Spectrum magazine is the flagship publication of the IEEE, the world's largest professional technology association. It is a monthly magazine for technology innovators, business leaders, and the intellectually curious. Spectrum explores future technology trends and the impact of those trends on society and business.

IEEE Spectrum: Attention, Hobbyists - Link.

Bucket mousetrap

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Matt writes -

This project captures a mouse by having a solenoid (electromagnet) drop a bucket over the mouse. The bucket is triggered by the mouse interrupting one of the infrared emitter/detector pairs around the bait. The enclosure that holds the electronics is mounted directly over the bait. Ok, so the "bucket" is actually a semi-clear storage container. The clear container allows a person to see if a mouse was trapped when the container dropped.

Bucket mousetrap - Link & mirrored site.

February 06, 2007

HOW TO - Make a PC board with a dremel

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Botronics writes -

This is not an Instructable for a particular device or circuit. I'm using the circuit I made for an Artbot project as an example. If you need a quick and dirty way to fashion a pc board, you can cut out the copper clad with a Dremel tool. Just plan you circuit and cut away copper to form your paths. No etchent, photo plotting or even drilling needed in some cases. Of course, you can't do any real fancy and do complex circuits, but for something simple, this does the trick.

HOW TO - Make a PC board with a dremel - Link.

Fyrall Comptur: Circuit Bent From Scratch

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This appears to be one of the coolest kits. It's circuit bent awesomeness in a wooden box.

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The board is beautiful. It's got rhythm that you mess with by touching contact points.

It sounds really cool, take a listen and check the video! - Link

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Wander round the site while your at it for some circuit bent inspiration. I've been looking through all this stuff for a while and I'm itching to fire up the soldering iron. - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 6, 2007 10:56 AM
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Video: Michael Swaine - Street Sewing

On the 15th of every month Michael Swaine sets up a cart in the tenderloin and sews whatever you bring him. Cool social art project! - Link

Media (real) - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 6, 2007 10:31 AM
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Car Trebuchet Video

You thought the whole trebuchet thing was over? Nope! Here's a video from british tv of a car flinging trebuchet. Of course before you fling a car, it appears to be standard procedure to shoot it with a gun! I'm guessing that they took the engine out first to lighten it up. - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 6, 2007 10:06 AM
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February 05, 2007

Egg Drop Strategies

Update: I'll be testing firing contraptions this week, wait to build your egg drop safety container until after Friday so that you can see the firing contraption in the podcast. Rules may change at that time to accomadate something like a giant crossbow!

On February 13th, Brady and I will be hosting Ignite Seattle, a Maker/Geek event here in Seattle. We're going to be having an egg drop. You make an egg-safety device that is smaller than an 18" x 18" x 18" cube and less than 3 pounds. You bring it to the event at 6:30 PM at the CHAC upper level on February 13th and we'll put it in a giant slingshot and smash it against the wall. If you've done an egg drop event and have any advice for me, drop me a note in the comments!

You can make your own egg safety container on your own time or you can come and work on your design as early as 4:30 if you want. I'll have popsicle sticks, hot glue, and newspaper there for you to make your own. If you have any other ideas for supplies to have there, drop me a note in the comments and I'll see what I can do. No matter what, all building stops at 7:30 so that we can put the eggs into a giant sling shot made of a lot of surgical tubing and fire them at a (plastic protected) brick wall. No metal or glass allowed since we don't want to break the place.

Did you do an egg drop in school or have a brilliant idea for an egg cushioning device? If so, you can help out by uploading a picture of your cushioning strategy or drawing a diagram and upload it to the MAKE: flickr pool. I'll be putting some of these pictures in the Weekend Project podcast this weekend which will be all about egg drops and I may even try and use one of the uploaded strategies.

As if that wasn't enough, there will be 5 minute presentations through the rest of the night to spellbind and amuse you!

What is an Egg Drop? - Link
What is Ignite Seattle and where do I go on February 13th at 6:30? - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 5, 2007 06:31 PM
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AVR LED Clock

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Here's a neat AVR based LED clock you can make, all the plans and software are released under the GNU GPL.

It is a clock with a big display unit, that has a DCF77 (german timesignal) Receiver and can be connected to an ethernet network, where it can serve as a NTP server. All of this based on an Atmel AVR microcontroller with 8 KB flash.

NTP DCF77 LED Clock - - Link.

Gas mask circuit bend & voice bending project

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Outstanding, here are the schematics for a gas mask circuit bend & voice bending project - [via] - Link.

HOW TO - "Fly" a human powered hydrofoil - the "Aquaskipper"

Tim shows you how those Aquaskippers work and how to take one out for a spin...

The "Aquaskipper" is a human powered hydrofoil made by Inventist.com . It's similar to the original Swedish Trampofoil, which is no longer available. There's also one called the "Pumpabike" from South Africa.
They're also called "hull-less watercraft" and "flapping wing propulsion vessels". You bounce up and down to make the wing fly and propel you. If you stop you fall into the water and swim back to the dock. It's completely ridiculous and works really well once you get the hang of it. It's hard to do at first but that seems to make it even more fun.

HOW TO - "Fly" a human powered hydrofoil - the "Aquaskipper" - - Link & M4V.

February 04, 2007

Watch the Weekend Project Trebuchet Video and PDF Before the Weekend is Over.

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It's your last chance to watch this weekend projects video about making seige weapons before the weekend is over.

Make a Trebuchet Video - Link
Make a Trebuchet PDF - Link
Subscribe in itunes - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 4, 2007 11:54 PM
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Hands-on with the AtariLab Kit

AtariLab is a sensor kit for the 8-bit Atari computers. I ordered two of the kits recently, the starter kit and the light kit, and they both arrived in pristine condition. They work great with the Atari 130XE, but the light sensor was giving me some random readings (replacing the photoresistor in that wouldn't be hard).
The breakout board attaches to the second joystick port, and can read sensors as well as provide power:

The AtariLab includes a booklet full of experiments, and includes instructions for reading the sensors from BASIC and LOGO:
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Related:

Atari 130XE at OLD-COMPUTERS.COM - Link
8-bit science: Atarilab - Sensor lab - Link
AtariLab Flickr Set - Link

HOW TO - Stadium seating for Superbowl Sunday

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Alright, so we only received one Superbowl 41 related project, so it's our duty to post Paul's article about building a stadium seating setup just in time for the Superbowl.. complete with a time lapse video, Paul writes -

Over the last month my roommates and I have been planning on building some means for having stadium seating in our living room. The living room isn't too spacious and only had enough room for two futons. So, just in time for Superbowl Sunday, Chris and I have created a cheap deck for stadium seating. All it required was plywood, 4×4 & 2×4 wood, a box of wood screws and basic tools.
In hindsight, we probably should have measured things more than once. I showed this video to my architect sister and she said it lacked structure.

Stadium seating for Superbowl Sunday - - Link.

If you did something for today's big event, send it on in - (or post up what you did today instead of watching the Superbowl)....

Posted by Phillip Torrone | Feb 4, 2007 05:42 PM
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500+ GB (updated)

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It happens to all of us at least once it seems, data loss. Here's my story, maybe it will get more folks to think about their data and how/where to keep it (better).

A couple weeks ago a flood hit my apartment/office area and soaked the desktop system, monitors, equipment *and* back up drive (along with a ton of other stuff) - luckily I have a daily back up on a Powerbook. But, of course the Powerbook decided to completely stop working while at our ETSY event before that could be backed up too. Zapping the PRAM revealed the hard drive failed, so the usual steps of Disk Util, TechTool and then finally drive removal and DiskWarrior were attempted - for the most part the drive seems completely dead - there might be a chance to recover some data under linux, or from a data recovery shop, but it's not looking good. So, years of work, designs, presentations, papers, scans of my artwork, electronics schematics, source code from projects, book drafts, articles, contacts, finance records, 40k emails, videos, photos, articles, jeez everything really - gone, poof. A few lessons learned...

From now on, a monthly DVD backup of the real important stuff and store it off site.
Renter's insurance would be a good thing for flood damage and other things, but data would always just be lost.
Getting a new computer now means that there isn't a lot of data transfer to do, in fact none. It feels like a "do-over".
Using Google calendar, Reader, Gmail and Flickr means some things aren't lost. Using more web services, perhaps even an offsite backup would be nice. We're getting IMAP at MAKE, soon email will live on our servers.
Using a Mac 24/7 for over a year might kill it.
Taking apart a 17" Powerbook is fun, Apple really packs in a lot of stuff.
Photos tagged "deadpowerbook" - - Link & DiskWarrior report (any suggestions?).

So, things will be a little slow on email and posts - if there was something sent in that needed to be posted, there's a good chance it's gone. If there were emails or things in progress, again - likely gone until the flood stuff dries out and is repaired and/or the drive(s) are salvageable. Fun stuff, it's an "opportunity to become stronger".... and at this point how can you -not- laugh.

So Makers, post up your back up suggestions and/or data loss nightmares. Best tip and, er, horror story gets a MAKE Pocket Ref.

Update: Hot air gun on the back up drive 1-17-07 worked, so the only data that was lost seems to be "post flood" - not ideal, but not awful.

February 03, 2007

Wifi Liberator

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Jonah Brucker-Cohen is one of my favorite artists, his latest - a tactical toolkit to liberate pay-per use wireless networks -

Wifi Liberator is an open-source toolkit for a laptop computer that enables its user to "liberate" pay-per-use wireless networks and create a free, open node that anyone can connect to for Internet access. The project is presented as a challenge to existing corporate or "locked" private wireless nodes to encourage the proliferation of free networks and connectivity across the planet. The project was inspired by the ongoing "battle" between providers broadcasting wireless signals in public spaces, in particular: corporate entities, wireless community groups, individual users, and proponents of open networks. Like my Wifi-Hog project, the Wifi-Liberator critically examines the tensions between providers trying to profit from the increasingly minimal costs associated with setting up a public network and casual users who simply want to see the Internet transform into another "public utility" and become as ubiquitous and free as the air we breath. The project targets pay-per-use wireless networks as often found in airports, other public terminals, hotels, global-chain coffee shops, and other public waiting points.

Wifi Liberator - [via] - Link.

1969 Hybrid Pinto Vega

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The Pinto/Vega bodystyle wouldn't be my first choice for style and maybe that's why hybrids didn't catch on in 1969! Click through to read the old Pop Sci article. - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 3, 2007 01:09 PM
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Animatronics - Walking with Dinosaurs

Animatronics are tricky You want your puppet to look natural, when it is really a robot. When you need them big, you've got to use hydraulics, which are powerful enough to wreck you. Check out this video that shows the making of some giant animatronic dinosaurs. Keep an eye out for the controls which look like they've been made pretty intuitive, which makes sense since it's a live animatronics show. Animatronics are fussy, I'd love to hear the stories from the puppeteers and engineers who have to become puppet hospital on a regular basis for this show. [via] - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 3, 2007 08:15 AM
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Belt Sander Races

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The Belt Sander races today in Boston! Bring your sander to the world-renowned SanderDome (and stranded SnoCat shelter) on Saturday, February 3. Try your mettle against the world's finest racing teams. [via] - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 3, 2007 08:01 AM
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Building the Perfect PC Figures: Extra Crisp

In our first printing of Make: Projects-Building the Perfect PC, 2nd Edition, some of the photos didn't come out as well as they should have. I've posted a Flickr Set with some of the figures that looked most murky to me.
If you have any requests for a specific photo, please add a comment to the photo set and we'll get the photo up there. And it doesn't have to be a murky picture; if you just want to see it in more detail, let us know!
Related:

Building The Perfect PC 2nd Edition - Link.
Flickr Hacks Figures ... In Color! - Link.

February 02, 2007

Make a Trebuchet - Make: Video Podcast

With a trebuchet, you can smash your enemy's castle or at least fling the heads of enemy spies into their courtyard. In the old days, the most important metric of a trebuchet is that it can fire farther than your enemy's archers can shoot their arrows!

Trebuchet Big

In this podcast you'll see how to build a paperclip trebuchet and a medium sized trebuchet. The paperclip trebuchet can be made in under an hour and it teaches you a lot about how they work.

The medium sized trebuchet took a little longer to cut, drill, and screw together, but it's not hard.

Download the pdf for more instructions to make your own seige weapon!

Here's an mp4 that plays on pretty much everything. Here's a 3gp and 3g2 for people who like to watch on their phone! Of course if you subscribe in itunes, the videos and accompanying pdf get downloaded automatically for you, no muss no fuss. You can browse all the Make: videos on blip.tv or on the weekend projects page at your leisure! - Subscribe Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 2, 2007 11:00 PM
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Make a Trebuchet - Make: PDF Podcast

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A trebuchet is kind of like a catapult, but it's optimized with a sling and a hinged counterweight to make it more effective.

Download the pdf to learn the basics of making a paperclip trebuchet and a medium sized trebuchet that can throw eggs.

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Cut your lumber,l drill holes, and screw it all together!

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Add a remote control servo to launch the trebuchet from a distance!

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You can use trebstar software to test it out first!

The paperclip trebuchet was inspired by this awesome instructable - Link

Watch the video and make sure to download the pdf to get all the juicy details. Or subscribe in itunes and it will be downloaded automatically for you! - PDF Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 2, 2007 10:00 PM
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Flashing LED Bra

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Need something to do with all those LEDs that you were going to make into cartoon characters and place all around Boston?

The folks at enlightened have launched the 'nerve' bra that has 31 flashing LEDs in it and multiple flashing patterns.

While silicone is usually found inside a bra, we've used silicone on the outside as a means of sculpting the light into organic shapes with an underlying geometric pattern. This bra has a lot of LEDs (31 per side), in a full rainbow of colors, with eight different flashing patterns that can be selected by the wearer. The base bra in this example is a nude seamless type, encouraging the illusion that the skin is exposed and the light is coming from within the body. - Link

Posted by Bre | Feb 2, 2007 09:48 PM
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Craftzine Nominated for SXSW Web Awards

Wow! We at MAKE & CRAFT are so thrilled to have Craftzine.com as one of the finalists in the 10th Annual SXSW Web Awards in the Art category! The SXSW Web Awards uncover the the best new websites and celebrate those who are building and implementing tomorrow's online trends. Craftzine is honored to be in the Art category alongside such company as 15X15, Ellipse Foundation, MyToons, and Smithsonian Photography Initiative. Help us out too by visiting this link and picking Craftzine as the People's Choice if you like what we are doing! Link.

Call for Makers: Tell Us About Your Make Controller Project

Dear Makers:

Have you mastered the Make Controller, our next-generation modular, programmable controller board? In the short time it's been out, we've heard of many clever applications: from robotics to special effects to motor control.

If you've worked with the Make Controller, tell us about it. We'll include the best applications in an upcoming Make article and tout your technical brilliance to the world! Plus, we'll find a few goodies from the Make Store to bestow upon the technically worthy.

Send a short description, a photo, and contact information to

ETSY Labs + MAKE & CRAFT event photos

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The ETSY labs event in Brooklyn was fantastic, thanks to all the Makers, Crafters and curious who attended!

Our photos @ Flickr - Link.
More photos tagged with ETSYLABS @ Flickr - Link.

Refashioned Maker Faire Bag into Patchwork Tote

Amy Jenkins has refashioned her Maker Faire bag into this patchwork tote. Amy says, "The Maker Faire canvas bag is a bag collector's delight. However, I wanted something more heavy duty so I could tote books around. I hate getting stuck waiting in line without a book. I found some inexpensive leather scraps and made a patchwork tote out of the bag. I was able to celebrate my love of pie in the process." Check out her photo tutorial! Link.

Related:
HOW TO - Refashion a Maker Faire Bag - Link.

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