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Geiger Counter Kits are now for sale in the Maker Shed

Jeff — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:35:04 +0000

I’m pleased to announce that Geiger Counter Kits are now for sale in the Maker Shed!

In this video, Make’s Michael Castor shows how he used the kit to find several radioactive objects around his home. Check it out!

Resellers: If you are interested in carrying my Geiger Counter kit in your store, please contact me.

T-minus 1 week to the Maker Faire

Jeff — Thu, 12 May 2011 15:15:00 +0000

I’ll be there! I’m showing off my Wifi Radio project on the Make: stage at 1:30PM on Saturday.

$3 Bluetooth Headset on Woot

Jeff — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 09:53:23 +0000

Woot is selling a Samsung Bluetooth headset for $17.99 + $5 S/H – $20 MIR = $3 after rebate.

For that price this headset could be a great candidate to use for a DIY Retro Bluetooth Handset.

The catch is that I can’t guarantee this headset is actually hackable until someone buys one and reports back here.

Who will be the first?

Retro Wireless Handset featured as Make: Weekend Project

Jeff — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:44:11 +0000

In this week’s Make: Weekend Project, KipKay shows us how to turn a Bluetooth headset into a retro-styled wireless handset.

This project is based on the ‘Retro Wireless Handset’ article I wrote for Make: magazine volume 20.

KipKay also posted a pdf version of the article so now you can read about this project even if you’re not a Make: subscriber.

Enjoy!

Kit Building Party Photos & Video

Jeff — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:07:43 +0000

This weekend I hosted a post-Halloween kit building party at MightyOhm HQ.

Nine close friends built Conway’s Game of Life kits from Adafruit Industries. This is my favorite kit for these kinds of workshops because it’s easy for beginners to complete in about 2 hours, and when everyone is done, you can wire all of the kits together to create one large cellular automata display. The last time I helped people build this kit was at a Make:SF workshop at the TechShop in Menlo Park.

Here’s a timelapse video of the afternoon, shot with a Logitech QuickCam Vision Pro webcam on an Eee PC 4G running Booru Webcam 2.0.

The capture interval was 5 seconds. I used Quicktime Pro to stitch the images together at 15fps and iMovie to add titles and music (Turbo Outrun by FRP from remix.kwed.org.)

I wore my Halloween costume for most of the afternoon. What am I? Most people on the streets of San Francisco had no idea…

Safety first!

Stuart was the first to finish his kit:

Soldering the kits together to form the matrix:

Nine happy kit-builders with the 3×3 matrix they created with their finished kits:

And lastly, a video of the 3×3 matrix in action:

Three people had little to no soldering experience at the beginning of the afternoon. Everyone who came went home with a working kit. Success!

Retro Wireless Handset in Make: Magazine

Jeff — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:45:23 +0000

Volume 20 of Make: magazine, which hits newsstands on November 15th, includes an article I wrote about DIY Telephony titled “Retro Wireless Handset.”

The article is based on my Bluetooth Handset Hack and includes additional illustrations and step by step instructions to help you build one of your own.

If you are a Make: subscriber, you can read the article via your digital edition subscription. Non-subscribers should be able to click here for a sneak preview.

Make: is the one magazine I look forward to the most throughout the year. I am very excited to be a part of Make: and hope to contribute again in the future.

We rocked the Maker Faire!

Jeff — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:02:36 +0000

Sadly, the Maker Faire is over – but it was totally awesome! Kylie, Tony and I gave out hundreds of moo cards and stickers, met lots of Makers, and spread the word about my DIY wireless streaming internet radio project.

Here’s a pic of me and Tony during the second day of the Faire. Tony built the awesome wooden enclosure for the project. Last week, he decided to come up from Los Angeles at the last minute to see what the Maker Faire is all about. Based on the grin he had all weekend, I’m pretty sure he’ll be back next year.

My project won an Editor’s Choice ribbon! Here’s a very happy me with Phil Torrone and Limor Fried of Make/Adafruit Industries:

I took lots of photos! Check em out.

Sneak peek at my finished Wifi Radio project!

Jeff — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:29:31 +0000

While I’m busy working on part ten of my series on building a wireless router-based DIY streaming internet radio, I couldn’t resist sharing a few photos of the finished project.

If you want to see the radio in person, stop by Expo Hall Booth 166 at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA this weekend. I’ll be there to demonstrate the radio and answer questions!

Discount Maker Faire ticket sales end tonight!

Jeff — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:30:10 +0000

Psst… Today is the last day to buy discount Maker Faire tickets. Buy them by midnight PDT or pay full price!

Make: Online : Maker Faire advance tickets, going, going….

Maker Faire Countdown Begins

Jeff — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:31:31 +0000

The Bay Area Maker Faire is only 30 days away, and I still have lots to do on my Wifi Radio before it’s ready for the show.

I figure two weeks of slacking and two weeks of panicked chaos should do it…

Tickets are on sale, if you book before May 20th you get a $20 discount. I hope to see some readers there, if you read the blog please stop by and say hello!