MAKE Magazine:
The deadline for submitting your solution to the MakeShift challenge from MAKE Volume 19 is fast approaching. Napping in an ocean kayak is generally never a good idea, but what would you do if you stuck in this predicament? Work your brain, get creative, and win stuff! Here's the MakeShift in its entirety: The Scenario: You (Read More)
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Ask MAKE is a weekly column where we answer reader questions, like yours. Write them in to mattm@makezine.comor drop us a line on Twitter. We can't wait to tackle your conundrums!Bjorn writes in:I'm doing my 2nd Arduino project (and 2nd electronics project ever) and am trying to design some of the circuit stuff on computer (Read More)
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MAKE contributor Michael Una posted a review of Highly Liquid's MD24 kit which converts MIDI events over to an array of 24 +5V outputs -The new MD24 falls into the latter category. It takes a MIDI input and gives you 24 discrete +5V outputs that can be used to drive relays, transistors, or servo motors. Functionally, the MD (Read More)
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Any hams out there that need a quick-and-dirty morse code beacon? Then you might be interested in Mark VandeWettering's Arduino Based Morse Beacon. I really like the clever way that he stores the code sequences for each character:It's a little bit clever (a very little bit) but I guess it does require some explanation. Mo (Read More)
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It's here! The Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest launches today! Put on your thinking caps and dream up some awesome gadgets! To celebrate the release of the newest Alex Rider book, Crocodile Tears, and the Kids of All Ages edition of MAKE (both at bookstores today), we're thrilled to be running this contest. All of you adve (Read More)
Social Networking and Collaboration Feed:
Not too long ago, every new site you joined on the Web forced you to provide a daunting array of details about you in order to join. Full pages of pull-down menus asking about your date of birth, your marital status, your home address and other information was standard. But over the last few years, with advents such as Open (Read More)
Submitted by Morgan
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The role of influence is changing and diversifying and with it, the rules and responsibilities of engagement are also reshaping. While PR, analyst, and investor relations were clear yesterday, the rise of new influencers, tastemakers and authoritative users and customers becomes both pervasive and uncertain. As such, new op (Read More)
Submitted by Tsudohnimh
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I am invited to be on a lot of panels these days and end up doing something like 2 per week. If you are invited to do a panel, here are my tips:1. Don't be a moderator, be a panelist. The moderator does not get to really tell a story or exhibit any expertise -- they really just guide the questions. If given the choice, (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
On November 17th, we'll be launching the Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest, to coincide with the release of the next chapter in Alex's adventures, Crocodile Tears . The book comes out the same day that MAKE, Volume 20 (the kid-themed issue) hits newsstands! In case you're unaware, Alex Rider is a young spy whose exploits are (Read More)
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Mark Frauenfelder and Dan Woods got sent this letter about the latest issue of MAKE, Volume 20. We got the sender's permission to post it here:Mark and Dan,This is Jim Kelly, the freelance tech writer in Atlanta. Hope you guys are doing well.Just wanted to write and tell you how impressed and inspired I am with issue 20 of (Read More)
Submitted by Wallace
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(Part of our series on "Reporting the Economic Collapse.")By Martin Lobel and Lee Ellen HelfrichLobel@LNLlaw.comhelfrich@lnllaw.comOur economic recovery will be slow because middle income taxpayers cannot generate the consumer demand necessary to get the economy moving quickly. This is the result of a shift in wealth from m (Read More)
Submitted by Jgmize
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I love being challenged every day. Today I ran across a challenge that has several solutions. However, most of them are hacks, and I never feel like I really solved the problem when I implement a hack. There’s also that eerie feeling that this hack is going to bite me later.I have an API I need to talk to. It’s pure XML-ove (Read More)
Submitted by Ferringer
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Of course I’m referring to Windows Forms, which is about 8 years old. Even in dogyears that’s not old. But in software years it is pretty old I’m afraid…I’m writing this post because here and in other venues I’ve recently referred to WindowsForms as “legacy”, along with asmx and even possibly Web Forms. This has caused acer (Read More)
MAKE Magazine:
Every other week, MAKE's awesome interns tell about the projects they're building in the Make: Labs, the trouble they've gotten into, and what they'll make next.By Kris Magri, engineering internHow I designed Makey, Part II: Creating the "stretchy" robot body in InventorWhen designing Makey the Robot for MAKE, Volume 19, I (Read More)
Submitted by Nlnnet
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Looking for a quick and easy way to convert your photos into a flash slideshow for your website? Now you can with Photo Flash Maker Free. InstallationInstallation for Photo Flash Maker Free is extremely quick with only three install windows (and no EULA) to sort through.When you start the program you will see the “Main & Sl (Read More)