Jun 26th, 2009

MAKE Out Session event, July 5, 2009

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If you’re in Austin on July 5th, be sure to check out Art Seen Alliances’ MAKE Out Sessions event at the USAA at Spider House.

Meet. Mix. Make.

Come share your crafty concepts with other makers while enjoying drinks, food, and music.

Free MAKE magazine swag! BYOS (bring your own supplies) For more information, visit Art Seen Alliance.

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Jun 26th, 2009

[video] Getting Started With My Math Videos

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Learn how to get started with your math studies and with my videos.




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Jun 26th, 2009

How to make a small speaker for an ipod

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Hello!

In this instuctable, I will show you how to make a simple speaker arrangement you can make for an ipod or any other mp3 player. You should have a very basic understanding of wiring going into this.



Materials



Here is a list of materials needed:

-Ipod (touch is what i used, so it is larger t…


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Jun 26th, 2009

Ask MAKE: Crawl space camera

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Ask MAKE is a weekly column where we answer reader questions, like yours. Write them in to becky@makezine.com or drop us a line on Twitter. We can’t wait to tackle your conundrums!

Henry writes in:

There are several ducts and wall spaces I would like to be able to look in. They sell pipe inspection cameras but these are expensive because they are based on fiberoptics. I think an inexpensive video camera and a few LEDs would give you the length of a USB cable and the image could be captured on a laptop. Has anyone made such a thing?

Well, I haven’t seen this particular setup DIYed for such a purpose, but I’m sure you could rig up something quite easily. They even make wireless spy cameras small enough to do the job you’re talking about. A piece of flexible conduit would work nicely, as you could run the wires for the LEDs down to the handle, but a wooden rod would do the job. Just wire up your LEDs/battery circuit with the battery and switch at the handler’s end of the operation, and surround the camera with the LEDs at the business end of the contraption (3 white LEDs wired in series with a 9V battery should do the trick).

When I was a kid, my parents took on a home remodeling project that ended up exposing the long-hidden colony of carpenter ants in the wall above the old sliding glass door. If they had one of these things, it probably would never have rained ants all over my dad! If you find anything cool in there, let us know! Here are some projects to get you started:

RC boat with cheap wireless video

From the pages of MAKE, Vol. 14 (Optics):

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Living Room Baja Buggies by John Mouton. With wireless cameras on board, these radio-controlled racers give you virtual reality telepresence; Living Room Baja Buggies in the Digital Edition.

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Covert Spy Sunglasses by Kip Kedersha. Record what you see and hear with these low-cost stealthy sunglasses; Covert Spy Sunglasses in the Digital Edition.

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Jun 26th, 2009

64 synchronizing fireflies

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64 synchronizing fireflies. It sounds like a line from some overly-clever children’s book or a Christmas carol. But it was instead a little week-long project for Alex at Tinkerlog. He writes:

Last week, I invested some time to solder 64 Firefly boards. Only 2.432 solder joints later, I was ready for some videos.

Every firefly acts completely autonomously, it has its own tiny controller, eye and luminary. They are all connected for power supply only.

And a partridge in a pear tree.


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Jun 26th, 2009

[video] Tools of the Trade

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Tools to help you with your math studies.




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Jun 26th, 2009

Super Mario Bros. Question Block

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So we’ve all (hopefully) played the original Super Mario Bros. game at one time or another, and we had to jump to hit a block with a question mark on it. We usually got a red mushroom that made us grow. I ended up liking that block so much, I had to have my own, that I could take with me everywhere….


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Jun 26th, 2009

[slideshow] Crocheted Eyeball

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Crocheted eyeball, complete with optic nerve



You will need



4mm hook

Double knit yarn in whitish, black, red and whatever iris colour you like

Yarn needle



Using black yarn Make a magic ring with 6 chains



RND1 2 dc into each stitch around

RND2 *1dc in first stitch 2dc* in next stitch all the way a…


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Jun 26th, 2009

Make Custom System Sounds (Windows Vista Only)

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In This Instructable I will teach you how to make iTunes songs into system sounds



Programs Needed



1. iTunes (duh)

2. A sound editing program (i used Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio, but anything that saves your song clip as a .wav file works)



Open Your Sound Program



My instructions will be relativ…


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Jun 26th, 2009

Bird’s Nest Ring Bearer Pillow & Flower Girl Basket

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CRAFT DIY Wedding

Bird’s Nest Ring Bearer Pillow & Flower Girl Basket
By Andrea DeHart

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My husband and I had a true DIY wedding in a log cabin, so naturally we wanted all of the decorations and props to reflect the rustic setting. I came up with the idea of a “nest” ring bearer pillow and matching flower girl basket. I was able to find all of the supplies at the local craft shop and assembling these pieces were so simple. You can easily edit the theme by adding butterflies or flowers instead.

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