March 12, 2007
How to make your own 3D Stereogram!
I am very bad with 3D Stereograms, but here’s a site I used to make the one shown above. I know what it says, but just can’t see it. Can you guess what it is? Ok I’ll admit it this website has little technical value but in the course of another project it stumbled its way into my lap and is worth passing along. According to the nu ... More
DIY HACK - Homemade Balancing Skateboard!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Wow, check out this awesome homemade balancing skateboard. As a skateboarder myself, this is way too cool… It’s very similar to a snowboard to ride, requiring no user input other than the movement of your body mass. Leaning forwards and ... More
March 11, 2007
Octopart is a search engine for electronic parts
Check out this octopart search engine for electronic parts. It seems to searching mouser, digikey, and other major electronic part companies for stuff. The creator dropped out of school to make this so everyone please take a look! P.S. I couldn’t find any Make controllers, Cublocs, or any controllers that are not being sold through the majo ... More
March 5, 2007
Huge Bicycle made with 100 Bicycle Bells!
Check out this cool huge bicycle that’d be good for some street advertisement of zedomax.com (not…actually we’ve been thinking of making some free T-shirts to give out to beggars around San Francisco downtown area so we can help some people while getting some advertisement…well…) Didi Senft, also known as the Tour de ... More
March 3, 2007
DIY - How to build a boat!
Yes, one of my personal goal in life is to own a boat some day but here’s how you can make one from scratch! I was looking for a double ended rowing / sailing beach cruiser that two people could use for extended camping in semi protected waters. Ben Fuller brought this design to my attention. The boat is similar to a Swampscott dory but c ... More
DIY - Famicom NES Guitar
The NES or the Nintendo, is called Famicom in Asia. Here’s a cool Famicom Guitar mod. はい、「ファミ○ン」型のギターです(^_^;) ほんとにギターになるのか、 妹から初期型のゲーム機を借りて モデリングし直してみました。 実寸でモデリングして、 ネックに合わせて拡大し ... More
March 2, 2007
DIY - How to make a CD Cover using a blank paper
Here’s an extremely simple but very useful DIY on how to make a CD cover using a blank paper! via instructables build, cd-cover-diy, cd-cover-howto, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, HOWTO, instructables, make, Zedomax ... More
DIY - How to Build a Savonius Wind Turbine or VAWT to make electricity
Ooooohhhh, check this out if you are into making alternative energy. This is my project to make a semi compact wind turbine that can handle turbulant wind and generate enough power to charge deep cycle batteries. I will cover the rotor construction in the instructable. You will need to download my PDF for the whole project. via build, Consumer, ... More
March 1, 2007
Renewable hydrogen energy technology Kit
Here’s a fun kit that will allow you to make energy from air by combining hydrogen and oxygen! The Exhibition Set is the ideal model for demonstrating renewable hydrogen energy technology to large groups, in classrooms, at trade shows or in the boardroom. Clearly labeled components and gas tubes make the Exhibition Set simple to operate and ... More
Touchscreen table experiment
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool touchscreen table experiment you can do in about 4 hours. This is an experiment based on “frustrated total internal reflection” aka FTIR. This is a very basic demo and we did it just to see how it work and it took us just 4 days! The m ... More
February 28, 2007
DIY HACK - Modded handcrank flashlight powers phone!
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out the simple handcrank powering a cellphone! via cell phones, cell-phones, cellphone, Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Earth, Earth, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment ... More
Nike+Ipod Serial Converter Module from Sparkfun
Check out this Ipod Serial converter module from Sparkfun. You can now communicate to your iPods with a microcontroller such as Arduino, CUBLOC or Make controller. They even have a sample VB program for you to work with. This would be great for future do-it-yourself projects! This is a simple USB serial interface to mate with the Nike+iPod pr ... More
February 27, 2007
DIY - Mattress Spring Shoes!
Don’t know what to do with your old mattresses in the garage? Make one of the spring shoes to dunk a basketball! When Leif moved to Oregon last year, he left behind an old mattress. Mattresses fall into the same category as modems and microwaves: You only need ONE. The mattress was too big to fit into our garbage bin, and I didn’t have an ... More
February 23, 2007
HOWTO get out of hacking,diying, and resistors…
Check out web comics…sometimes we feel like we need to keep going but sometimes we need to go outside… via Circuits, Circuits, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, diying, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Gadgets, Gadgets, hacking, make, makezine, Zedomax ... More
MAKE Magazine Volume 09
All right, we just got our vol. 09 of Make magazine! Get yours at your local bookstore such as Barnes and Noble or Tower Records! barnes-and-noble, Blog, Blog, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, make, make-blog, make-magazine, ma ... More
Wii HACK - Wiimote Controlled Robot
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Here’s a simple but a cool hack on controlling a LEGO robot arm using the Nintendo Wii controller! Make sure to check out the industrial robot arm controlled by Wiimote also! via Blog, build, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, Educational, E ... More
Talented teen transforms cooking oil into fuel!
Wow, this is good for our earth… We need more kids like this. He happily admits he’s hopeless at school - but Steven Henderson is Tyneside’s very own oil baron. Northumberland’s answer to JR Ewing has built his own oil refinery in the shed at his home in Stamfordham Road, Eachwick, near Ponteland, which he uses to produc ... More
February 22, 2007
DIY - solar air convection heater for a garage
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Check out this simple solar air convection heater you can make for your garage. Nice~ via instructables build, Consumer, Consumer, convection-heater, Cool, Cool, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, DoItYourself!, Educational, Educational, Entertainment, Entertainment, garage, heater-garage, HOWTO, Ind ... More
Zedomax reaches over 500,000 Unique Visitors thanks to you’all
The other day, we decided to check out web stats. Above is a snapshot of our blog traffic since we started on August 14th, 2006. We want to thank Phillip Torrone for all the blog posts and it was his Make blog that got us started in the first place. Also all thanks also go to all the other blogs and websites that helped us get more traffic and ... More