O'Reilly Makezine Weekend Projects Projected on the huge screens at Mashed08, just before Doctor Who.
Recorded on June 21, 2008 using a Flip Video camcorder.
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One lap at Sears Point / Infineon Raceway Sonoma, CA testing my homemade video camera mount (http://www.makezine .com/blog/archive/20 07/10/homemade_incar _camcorder.html)
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Sailing directly downwind faster than the wind - No it is NOT impossible!
Description of the vehicle at http://www.ayrs.org/ DWFTTW_from_Catalyst _N23_Jan_2006.pdf
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This week, Bre Pettis teams up with Mitch Altman and George Shammas to make a little 3x3x3 cube made of little LED lights that you can program with any kind of animation that you like!
You can get more information and detailed instructions at makezine dot com slash podcast.
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During World War II, GIs in the field built really amazing simple radios to listen too. These were made with materials that they could get their hands on and were small enough to carry around in a big pocket. You can modify this design if you want to set it up so that it's tuneable too! To see all the plans, go to makezine dot com slash podcast!
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To celebrate Weekend Projects' one year birthday, I ate a cupcake and made a jam jar jet!
Inspired by Bill Gurstelle's awesome instructions in Make: Volume 5, this thing is a real pulse jet inside a jam jar!
Make sure to download the pdf that goes along with this podcast at makezine.com/podcast !
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Make sure to check out the previous post full of instructions: http://www.makezine. com/blog/archive/200 6/07/make_podcast_we ekend_projects_1.htm l This project can be found in the print or digital version of Make: 06. The article in the magazine by William Gurstelle, was inspired by the folks over at otherpower.com who came up with a hamster powered generator.
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Bre Pettis and Eric Beug create a mellotron-like instrument out of walkmans and then go crazy and hack a sequencer into an arduino! Step by step instructions available tomorrow in a pdf at makezine dot com slash podcast.
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This week we've got an All Access Pass to one of the largest DIY festivals on planet earth.
Meet some of the crafty characters we ran into and get a sneak peek of the latest innovations in fashion and style.
It's MakerFaire or Bust !
Links:
www.FreeMendingLi brary.com
www.Swaporamarama .org
www.TheAphroditeP roject.com
www.KQED.com
www.Makezine.com