RavensBlight has a great collection of paper craft projects you can build for Halloween, I really like the mechanical bat (projects can be download/PDF) – “A visit to RavensBlight isn’t really complete without taking home a pet! So here’s BELA, The Amazing Mechanical Bat! Just turn the handle and watch this little creature flap its […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member iZoo posted up one of those creepy paper dragons that follow you as you walk around it… – Link. And here’s the same one, along with a link to a PDF so you can make your own – Link. Might be fun to make a -really- large one for Halloween. […]
It’s the end of a long week, time to blow the paycheck on the new stuff from Spark Fun (darn you guys!)… They have a few new items, here are a couple that caught my eye… Critter Board with Media (The critter board is a hardware platform for creating self-contained electronic music devices) – The […]
Here’s another “MAKER-friendly store, this one in Toronto. Andrew writes – “Not much on the site, but it’s the brick and mortar that make Active Surplus amazing. Right nearly in the middle of downtown Toronto, this place is a haven for MAKE’ers. All manner of electronics, cables, motors, odd MAKE’able knick knacks — this place […]
Daniel sent in this write up of the Los Alamos technical junkyard “The Black Hole”, run by Ed (junkman to the stars) Grothus.- Link.
There’s this old sci-fi movie called Logan’s Run that I’ve always liked, I think it was the costumes, the robots and the blinky things people had stuck to their hands in the 23rd century that really made it interesting, any way – this site is -the- place for all the resources and inspiration needed for […]
MAKE Instructable group member J_Hodgie has some good tips on making a mini Jack-o-Lantern using a stencil and an exacto knife… – Link. While you’re at it – don’t forget, we have a “Hack-o-Lantern contest” – Decorate a pumpkin in any way you see fit, or unfit. It’s that easy. Then upload your photos to […]
