Isnoop writes – “For the past few months, I’ve been working on a web radio boombox. I’ve hollowed out a perfectly good radio and made room for a tiny motherboard and power supply that are set up to run Damn Small Linux off of a USB flash drive. There is a wireless card inside, and […]
Chris writes – “There are a couple of versions of how to make charcoal here. The main focus is on drawing charcoal, but barbecue fuel is the focus of at least one of the projects.” Link.
Giandomenico De Sanctis made a really clever robot arm, source and schematics included – “I am always been interested in the construction of robotic equipment, but I have no mode to make anything… until now! Some months ago I saw the movie “I, robot”, and I decided: it’s the moment! I want to build a […]
This is an interesting project, a 3D terrain engine from scratch – if you ever plan to attempt anything like building your own 3D game, it’s a good read of the puzzle solving and compromises involved. Shamus writes – “My goal is to write a terrain engine from the ground up, using entirely new code. […]
It is really easy to mod those regular o’ t-shirts into something more funky fresh. T-shirt fabric is the best to work with because it is the most forgiving for mistakes. Plus who doesn’t have tons of those techy tees to test out on? All you have to do is copy the shape from one […]
A lot of Makers and Crafters I know often struggle to find a (cheap) way to take credit card payments on site if they sell goods at events/fairs/etc, there are a lot of companies that sell those hardware terminals, but many of them usually seem shady, take huge cuts and require a large monthly balance […]
Inspired by Iron Chef and Craft Corner Deathmatch comes The Artsy Crafty Challenge. You have until Feb 28th to submit your entry for this month’s topic. From the site, “This month, it’s all about animals. If you could choose any animal, bird, beast, reptile or even an imaginary being, what would you be? Along with […]
