Tired of cats, ghosts, and grinning reapers? Pumpkin Glow has a ton of free downloadable “UN-Halloween Pumpkin Patterns” in PDF format. Pictured here, my favorites (from the I Love Americaseries) – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. Enter the MAKE & CRAFT Contests! Makers and Crafters, it’s time to […]
Wow! Karosium got Pixil (syncable PDA linux operating system) running on a ZipIt and browsed the web with it (ViewML), it’s just a start, but a great one! [via] – Link. We reviewed the ZipIts in MAKE 07. Related Zipits!: Zipit Hacking – Link. HOW TO make an iTunes remote from a ZipIT – Link. […]
Here’s another cool Halloween themed paper craft, a robotic splatterbot! – “The Splatterbot twists at the waist and the arms can move up and down. The claws are interchangable with the hatchet or the laser weapon. The front of the chest opens to reveal large hidden teeth, there’s a hidden compartment in the back (with […]
2 Robots has a fun how-to on making an anamatronic sheep using a Basic Stamp, Robot Two writes – “Last week, I ordered a Basic Stamp from Parallax — a most excellent beginner’s microcontroller. A microcontroller is a very cool thing — it’s like an entire computer on a single chip. You can plug each […]
Jonathan writes – “Here’s an example of how building toys like Meccano can be useful for experimenting with one’s workspace ergonomics – creating a trackball “incline” in less than an hour.” – Link. Related: Computing by Steam – Link. 3D Printer made from a Glue Gun and Meccanno – Link. From the pages of MAKE: […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Bowdie made this cute scribble bot – Link & how-to make your own. Also, check out Jonah Brucker-Cohen’s – Drawbots (they’re awesome!) – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a Kid’s “Draw Bot” – Link. Drawbot Draws! – Link. Drawbot in Action! – Link. Make Podcast: Weekend Projects – Making […]
It’s not even close to the holidays, but here is a a great set of wood toy plans from Popular Mechanics 1950, I like the “Burb Gun” – Link. Related wood projects: Homemade wooden coaster bike – Link. Rwanda wooden bikes – Link. Wood Motorcycle – Link. HOW TO – Print color images on to […]
