Solid state penlight LED circuit
Here’s a super simple LED penlight you can make – Link.
Month: June 2006
Refashioned Ties
Who needs to wear boring old ties when you can refashion them? The ties in this Flickr set have all been silkscreened, cut apart, riveted, and stitched to distinctly new heights. Here at left are vintage World War II US Army officer’s tie with early gas mask imagery. At the right, more vintage gas mask […]
Microsoft enters Robotics–An educator’s perspective
Our pals at ROBOT Magazine sent some photos and this interview about Microsoft’s entry in the robot arena and what it means for educators – “Dr. Kenneth Berry, Assistant Professor, California State University and founder of RoboEducators, www.roboeducators.org, is a leading advocate of robotics in education. Dr. Berry obtained an exclusive interview with Microsoft representatives […]
RGB LED Matrix controller
Spark Fun electronics has a new RGB controller for LEDS – “The RGB Matrix Controller is a small backpack that attaches to an Red/Green/Blue LED matrix and allows control over simple serial SPI communication. This allieviates the end user from having to do the individual LED scanning and refreshing. 7 different colors are possible on […]
HOW TO – Make a (fake) Lava lamp with household ingredients
Here’s how to make an Alka-Seltzer version of a lava lamp from stuff around the house – “Have you ever caught yourself hypnotized by a lava lamp? You hold it in your hand, move it slightly while inside the liquid quivers and separates into different shapes, and colors. Then you look at the price tag, […]
United case mod…
Here’s a nice case mod a Maker made for his father – “His dad has worked for United Airlines for 35 years and decided that this would be a great theme to use to make a computer for him to commemorate his years of service with United. “ [via] – Link. The bad (ironic) news […]
Crochet Necklace from Recycled Plastic Bags
Flymissy posted this up to the CRAFT Flickr Pool, a great looking crochet flower necklace made from strips of recycled plastic grocery bags. Link. Related: Free Crochet Flower Patterns – Link. MAKE Post: Crochet Grocery Bay Tote – Link. MAKE Post: Shoes Made from Grocery Bags – Link.