Esa writes – “Here’s a huge hot air balloon made from grocery bag plastic. It generated enormous lifting power, so much that several persons couldn’t hold it down. It flew for 200km in winter even though the heating source “failed”. The balloon continued to fly being heated by the winter sun.” – Link.
After an exciting week at HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) and our open source hardware talk we’re back to our regular obsessive coverage of all things in the Maker world – so if you use feed readers, RSS and other web sites to keep up with the latest news, articles and more – add MAKE […]
LEDs are illuminating everything these days including knitting needles and crochet hooks. There are 2 different brands that have come out recently. I’m not sure if this works well in the pitch black but they may be ok when you have minimal lighting. I like the mini light saber look to the Needle Lite ones. […]
Toon Beerten says, “A complete howto make your own mood light with high power leds and a few electronical components. The mood light fades between all the colours of the rainbow at the speed you selected.” Link.
Croquis (meaning “sketch” in french) is the term used for the schematic figures that fashion designers draw. Sometimes having a sketch will help you get your design ideas across and nailed down before you start any part of the sewing production process. Although there’s no geek girl this season on Project Runway 3, Katherine Gerdes, […]
Billytkid writes “Step by step guide for modding the case of an IP camera so that it can be attached directly to a Fish Tank. The reason this is needed is because webcams usually are designed to be put in front of the subject, or need a stand. However with a Fish Tank cam it […]
How to make pepto-bismol ice cream, it actually sounds sorta good – [via] – Link.
