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How to: Build a Leyden Jar Capacitor

How to: Build a Leyden Jar Capacitor

Simple yet effective, capacitors come in a dizzying array of forms and materials, vital to so many circuits for storage, timing, and filtration - the mighty capacitor!  In this installment of the MAKE presents series, Collin Cunningham explains...
How to Make Daft Punk El-Wire Suits and Helmets

How to Make Daft Punk El-Wire Suits and Helmets

After seeing a post about how to create daft punk suits and helmets (featured in our Top 40 Arduino Projects), this couple created their own fantastic daft punk costumes.  You’re guaranteed to learn everything about the Arduino, LEDs, sewing...
Using Arduino and Peggy 2.0 LED Display

Using Arduino and Peggy 2.0 LED Display

This is a demonstration of the newer I2C/TWI Video Peggy firmware for the Peggy 2.0 display. Quartz Composer is sending its output serially to an Arduino. The Arduino then sends this via I2C to a Peggy 2.0 display. By doing this no modifications to...
Mazda RX-8 Controlled with an iPhone

Mazda RX-8 Controlled with an iPhone

We have seen some very cool car hacks in the past but this iPhone Controlled Mazda RX-8 by Jonathan Oxer takes the cake. Using a wi-fi connected iPhone the user can connect to a computer in the car which is connected to the net using a separate...
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Twirling LED Sculpture of Doom!

Twirling LED Sculpture of Doom!

“The Particle” is a kinetic sculpture that experiments with color, sound and movement. A sensor monitoring system analyzes the users movements in the exhibition space. Around the space occupied by the sculpture defines a surround sound system...
Wii Drum Set using the Wiimote and WiiFit

Wii Drum Set using the Wiimote and WiiFit

Using the WiiFit as a foot pedal to control bass and the Wiimote’s accelerometer and sensors as drumsticks, this modder built his own simulated drum set.  Different gestures and joystick buttons result in various drum sounds.  The software,...
iPhone App Easily Solves the Rubix Cube

iPhone App Easily Solves the Rubix Cube

By simply analyzing a picture of each side of the cube, the iPhone application “CubeCheater” will walk you through solving the cube’s puzzle.  Of course, it takes the fun out of the legendary cube but the ingeinuity of the app is...
How to: LED Hard Drive Clock using Arduino

How to: LED Hard Drive Clock using Arduino

Ah…the Arduino.  The super powerful, easy to program microcontroller brings us another fantastic DIY project.  We’ve seen a few hard drive LED clocks in the past, but this one looks outstanding and is easier to create.  It uses POV...
The Human Powered Party Bike

The Human Powered Party Bike

Take your average run of the mill bike, cut, weld, add foam, wire and throw in some LEDs to create your own personal party bike. This "soul bike" as the creator calls it can be pedal or battery powered and is a blast at events, parties, and...
Nerf Machine Gun Rapid Fire Hack

Nerf Machine Gun Rapid Fire Hack

Learn to hack a top of the line Nerf Vulcan machine gun, gut it’s innards, install rapid fire circuitry, and even learn to give it a fantastic paint job. Â Ã‚ They have detailed pictures and video to guide you through the build...
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