More Star Wars Knits Found!
While at the Pacific Fabrics Outlet Store here in Seattle, I stumbled upon these Star Wars knitties. The sweet gals behind the desk told me they were from a class that was taught there. Fun!
Month: October 2006
Flashlight pong
Here’s yet another way to play pong, using two flashlights and light sensors to control the paddles – neat… [via] – Link. Related PONG: More Pong projects @ MAKE (there are a lot) – Link. Homemade PONG watch! – Link. Pong hat – Link. Mindstorm Pong – Link. Electro-Mechanical Pong – Link. Plasma Pong – […]
Star Wars Crafts Archive
CRAFT friend Bonnie let us know that she’s put up an archive of all the Star Wars craft projects on Flickr (as well as the starwars.com). She also promises us more great Star Wars crafts to come soon. We can’t wait! Thanks Bonnie! Link.
Relay charging project
Here’s a pretty interesting way to charge a lot of batteries with just one charger, Kalikast writes – “The following pages describe using relays with a high-current adjustable 13.5/15V power supply to automatically charge EV batteries one at a time, instead of concurrently in series. It will only work if you are not in a […]
BEAM robot – flashing eyes
Antics writes – “BEAM Art often features flashing LEDs. Here is a simple circuit borrowed from BEAM to flash a couple of LEDs. This is a modified version of Ben Hitchcock’s BEAM cricket. Pictured is the ‘flashing eyes’ part of the circuit. Unfortunately his site is gone and with it the original schematic. I backed […]
Needlepoint Mario Cube tissue box
Yes we are all jealous because Christy’s mom made her a super cool needlepoint Mario Cube tissue box cover for her desk at her office! Link. But if you want to make one yourself, you can. It’s quite simple. Here’s what you need to do:Depending on your tissue box size, get blank needlepoint canvases at […]
HOW TO – Blinking eye project
We’ve posted a lot of 555 timer chip projects for blinking LEDs, but I really like this one, it’s like a LED player piano…Ten Men writes – “I scribbled the can with a rubber dremel wheel to remove the paint where I wanted the contacts to close the circuit, lighting the LED’s. The contacts are […]