MAKE MagazineMAKE is a quarterly publication from O'Reilly for those who just can't stop tinkering, disassembling, re-creating, and inventing cool new uses for the technology in our lives. It's the first do-it-yourself magazine dedicated to the incorrigible and chronically incurable technology enthusiast in all of us. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend technology any way you want.Find out resistor values from your iPhone- September 16, 2008 "iResistors" is a handy iPhone application for any maker with an iPhone. The free app lets you drag your finger across the color bars to pick the right color combination of the resistor in question. Pretty handy if you are not near the Internet and you need to check your values. iResistors Read more Permalink Comments Read more articles in iPhone Digg this!http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/find_out_resistor_values.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B4898489... "I'm the operator of my iPhoneDSStylo calculator"- September 16, 2008 A clever rendition of Kraftwerk's Pocket Calculator using an iPhone, Korg DS-10, and Stylophone. via Matrixsynth Read more Permalink Comments Read more articles in iPhone Digg this!http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/im_the_operator_of_my_iph.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B489848... How to: Control OLEDs with an Arduino- September 16, 2008 This looks like an easy way to add graphics to your next Arduino project. These color OLEDs are really nice, but they aren't cheap. Check out the web site for more information and the code. How to: Control OLEDs with an Arduino More: Arduino Diecimila Read more Permalink Comments Read more articles in Arduino Digg this!http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/how_to_control_oleds_with.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B489848... Robotic Branch by Derk Wolmuth- September 16, 2008 I wish there was more information about the artwork by Derk Wolmuth. I really like the way technology and nature are both incorporated into this piece. A kinetic hat rack was conceived in conjunction with research into a mood readingrecording hat. Several servos, a geared motor, and a Querk microprocessor contort a branch in various degrees. Mental strain of everyday existence is suggested by the vagaries of deformation. A little more about the Robotic Branch Read more Permalink Comments .http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/robotic_branch.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Polygon Playground- September 16, 2008 This is such a cool interactive work by WHITEvoid. The Polygon Playground allows up to 40 people to interact with it's 360 degree projection mapping. This would be so much fun to tryout in person! Thanks Christopher The "Polygon Playground" is a large scale interactive lounge object. It offers room for up to 40 persons at a time to walk, sit and explore its multifaceted surfaces. Gradient ramps guide to the top plateau or offer space to sit and rest. The installation features a software aided.http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/polygon_playground.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Make Projects - Volume 12- September 16, 2008 In each volume of MAKE we have "major projects" these project pages are meaty step-by-step articles with start-to-finish photos, precise instructions and how-to learning that can range from making a VCR cat feeder to ariel kite photography. In MAKE volume 12 the projects are: Super Tritone Shop Whistle by William Gurstelle. This jazzy, compressed-air-powered whistle sounds a mighty blast. Page 88 Solar Xylophone by Rory Nugent. Solarengine circuits trigger hammers to strike pentatonic...http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/make_projects_volume_12_1.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B489848... Pedal Powered World, 6: Power Generation- September 16, 2008 This is part 6 of an 8-part series I'm doing on bike-powered devices. If you've got a link to another device that should be included or a better-documented version of any of these, comment below or email me and I'll add it to my last post in the series, summarizing all the interesting pedal-powered projects we've found by category. I learned about most of these devices through the old-news Innovate or Die contest. These designs product power. Suspension scavenger is neat to me because it's..http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/pedal_powered_world_6_pow.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B489848... Nemo Gould's Little Big Man- September 16, 2008 Check out this sculpture by Nemo Gould, entitled Little Big Man. It has a little robot inside the radio cabinet body of the bigger one, and it appears as though the little one is driving the big one. The very simple movements bring a lot of life to this guy. Look at his site for a video of this guy in action and more of his works. Via Core77. More: The kinetic, robotic sculptures of Nemo Gould Read more Permalink Comments Read more articles in Arts Digg this!http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/nemo_goulds_little_big_ma.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B489848... Installation at Infart- September 16, 2008 This plaster installation piece by PROMETHEUS is at Infart in Bassano, Italy. Anybody know any more about it Via Who Killed Bambi. Read more Permalink Comments Read more articles in Arts Digg this!http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/installation_at_infart.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 Flat-pack mallet- September 15, 2008 Vert design offers this CNC cut mallet kit - an interesting gift idea for humorous tool-fans and a sweet remake for those wielding the power computer numerical controlled milling. - MC mallet via Neatorama Read more Permalink Comments Read more articles in Kits Digg this!http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/09/flatpack_mallet.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 |