The Japanese rock garden, or simply zen garden, has become a popular desk toy, but the folks over at Makr Toolbox have taken it to the next level with an Arduino system that lets you draw in the sand at the press of a button. The system works with a gantry that sits below the … More This Arduino zen garden lets you draw in the sand remotely via Makers Africa
I recently disassembled a printer myself and it would have been great to watch this guide before I started. it would have been much easier and I would have known which parts could be the most useful in later projects. — Douglas Watch How to Salvage Useful Parts from Printers and Scanners via The Post Apocalyptic … More How to Salvage Useful Parts from Printers and Scanners via The Post Apocalyptic Inventor [Video]
Great project of how to turn something old into something very, very, new — if a bit retro looking. — Douglas Many people see the incredible game systems built by people like Ben Heck, with custom formed plastics and complex electrical setups, and feel like they cannot build anything as awesome as that. I hope … More Quick and dirty raspberry pi retro console from an old TV via Make
A great story about the wisdom of crowds and cooperative projects! — Douglas Fair warning: when you post a video of you doing an incredibly tedious process like manually punching holes in a paper tape to transfer a MIDI file to a music box, don’t be surprised when a bunch of hackers automates the process … More Ad Hoc MIDI to Music Box Project Shows Power of Hacker Community via hack a day
Heat shrink tubing is such a small thing, but it can make your projects more robust as well as better organized. Learn about all its uses in this video. — Douglas Here’s this week’s Maker Update, featuring the best DIY projects of the week. (Show notes here.) As usual, I have a Cool Tool review … More Maker Update #32: Heat Shrink Tubing via Cool Tools
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