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Mint tin electronics dev kit packs the essentials

This is a small electronics lab in an altoids tin. It contains nearly everything to work on small projects, such as a breadboard, components (including several ICs), and a adjustable power supply. The power supply is a simple LM317 circuit, with the 3 ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  21 Nov 2009

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NEC announces universal translator … sorta, kinda

NEC said the Tele Scouter was intended to be a business tool that could aid sales staff who would have information about a client's buying history beamed into their eye during a conversation. But, it said, it could also be put to a more exotic use as ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  20 Nov 2009

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DIY Devo domes

Troy Davis created some very awesome recreations of Devo's signature Energy Domes. Beginning with a tiered stack of fiberboard for the mold, through to vacuum forming, paint job, and padding - a thorough explanation can be found in his project ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  20 Nov 2009

Photographing Spiral Jetty

After considering nearly every possible way to document "Spiral Jetty" from above -- Rent a weather satellite? An airplane? A helicopter? Use a kite? -- the institute, which often works in countries where conservation projects are carried out on ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  19 Nov 2009

MIDI kit test-drive

The new MD24 falls into the latter category. It takes a MIDI input and gives you 24 discrete +5V outputs that can be used to drive relays, transistors, or servo motors. Functionally, the MD24 is similar to HighlyLiquidâs MSA-T or MSA-R kits, except ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  19 Nov 2009

Synth Frog tours DIY workshops

Synth DIY's amphibious mascot, better known as "Mr. Braska", has been visiting a series of home labs via postal transport. The photo galleries of his modeling efforts serve as a nice way to bring together otherwise unconnected, private workspaces - ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  19 Nov 2009

How-To: Build a Seismic Reflector

The aim is to build a device which responds to earthquakes being reported in near-real time via the USGS RSS feeds. The device responds by illustrating the magnitude of the reported earthquake via two fairly chunky vibration motors of the kind used ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  18 Nov 2009

Machine pin headers make for easy chip sockets

Fresh out of 8-pin DIP sockets, I broke off a couple rows of female machine pin headers as a substitute - using the chip itself to align the pins for soldering. That was about a month ago, and I've continued using them ever since. Though it seemed a ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  18 Nov 2009

Homebrew transistor experiments

Jim did some experimenting with homemade thin-film zinc oxide and zinc-tin oxide, developing his own homemade transistors devices - Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers. ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  18 Nov 2009

Build a clone of the MiniMoog filter

Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers. © 2009 O'Reilly Media, Inc. All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing on makezine.com are the property of their respective ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  17 Nov 2009

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