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My Eyes! The Goggles Do… Something?!
5:00AM Jack Loftus | MAKE brings up a good point this weekend. Burning Man is coming soon, and things get dusty there, amongst many other things. I have a friend going this year, so I may just make her a pair of these: More »
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Simple Rainbow Sequencer
12:30PM Andi Wang | Coloratura in a song brings colourful melodies to our ears—but what about our eyes? This DIY demonstrates how to make a vibrant, simple eight-note sequencer that turns our music into rainbows. [Instructables via Makezine via BBG] More »
Music
Let’s Get Busy: Songs to Listen to While Making Things
1:48PM Adrian Covert | Phil Torrone, senior editor of MAKE and creative director for DIY site Adafruit, is a DIY guru and all-around good guy. So we had him give us good songs to listen to while building stuff. More »
Online
Tweet-a-Watt, Because It’s OK To Brag About Energy Efficiency
11:40AM Wilson Rothman | Phil at Make has developed a mod for the Kill-A-Watt power meter: Tweet-a-Watt transmits your daily power usage to Twitter via PC, so friends and strangers will know you’re a smug, super-green SOB. More »
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Hacked Chumby Red Phone Needs To Be On President Obama’s Desk STAT
2:00AM Jack Loftus | If President-elect Obama really is the technology President, as many believe he will be, he’s going to need to replace that red phone hotline on his desk with a Chumby. Luckily, MAKE shows us how. More »
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DIY Laser Communicator Sure to Create Wannabe Geek Super Spies
3:00AM Jack Loftus | This handy DIY laser pointer communicator requires little more than time, an old laser pointer, some parts from your local RadioShack, and, of course, a tuxedo. More »
Entertainment
Make: Television, The Ultimate DIY Tech Show, Debuts This Weekend
3:45AM John Mahoney | Ever wanted to have public TV teach you how to make a fully functional pneumatic t-shirt cannon/Burrito Blaster in the privacy of your own living room? Friends, Make: television debuting this weekend is for you. AU: One for the torrenters? More »
Gadgets
Man Creates Modern Day Gingerbread Bridge Using Epilog Laser
7:00AM Jack Loftus | Have a laser cutting device handy? Then you too can recreate real life landmarks using gingerbread. More »
Science
Make’s LED History Movie Is Pretty Cool, Includes DIY Instructions
7:33PM Kit Eaton | We all take LEDs pretty much for granted, but the guys over at MAKE have done a good job with this movie that shows the history behind the little glowing things. Turns out the Light Emitting Diode was one of those devices that was more or less discovered by accident, during an experiment at Marconi labs into a Cat’s-Whisker Schottky barrier diode made from a chunk of silicon carbide: so MAKE, of course, shows you how to recreate that for yourself. Check it out: it’s fascinating stuff. [Makezine] More »
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