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MAKE Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 At MAKE, we’re crazy for kits. That’s why we just produced a special issue that’s all about kits, our Ultimate Kit Guide 2012 , and are also launching a new website dedicated to kit reviews, at kits.makezine.com . Available at newsstands nationwide, the Ultimate Kit Guide includes 175+ reviews of top kits, ranging from beginner’s crafts to wooden kayaks to advanced robotics to alcoholic beverages and everything in between.
MAKE | MAKE Ultimate Kit Guide 2012: “Kits and Revolution” Podcast
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The dowel was cut to length, 4 at 200mm, six at 150mm. Then it was placed in a vice on the drill press and a hole was drilled through the length of the dowel.
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Shape memory polymer strips (image by Inventables) Heat Reactive Materials Heat reactive materials change state, shape and/or color when exposed to temperatures above ambient. Naturally, many materials change state, eg. melt, at high temperatures. What’s special about some of them that their state, shape and/or color can be altered at relatively low temperatures (provided through hot water, [...]
With thousands of Portal gamers around, it’s no wonder that many want to immerse themselves in the world of Portal world beyond their computer screens. That is just what this couple did when they...
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With a personality all their own, Charlie Chaplain and Carmen Miranda Judy Castro doesn't have a background in engineering. But with Arduino, she doesn't need one to make her sculptures move, light up or breathe fire. The San Francisco artist uses the microcontroller and software program to create interactive works of art -- something she once might have paid an electrical engineer thousands of dollars to do. Arduino, the 6-year-old, user-friendly microcontroller, is emerging as a powerful, popular tool for artists and others in the Do-It-Yourself community. Arduino can be as small as your pinkie finger and can cost less than $30, but it can light up a few LEDs for the beginning programmer or, with the help of amplifiers and mechanical parts, turn on a hydraulic ram that will lift tons, ignite a flamethrower or create a light show that can illuminate a stadium.
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This circuit is how [John Tsiombikas] makes his cheap 3D shutter glasses work with a Linux machine . It’s not that they were incompatible with Linux. The issue is that only certain video cards have the stereo port necessary to drive the head-mounted hardware.