AFP has a story about a 24-year-old Nigerian physics undergrad who builds backyard helicopters out of car and bike parts (and a crashed commercial plane). The chopper… is made from scrap aluminium that Abdullahi bought with the money he makes from computer and mobile phone repairs, and a donation from his father, who teaches at […]
Crafty Chica shows you how you can customize a fan by decorating it with stencils! She even links to some super cool looking stencils from Stenci11.com. [ via ] Link.
Halloween’s just a little over a week away and so get moving on your projects. You can check out our archive of projects here or head on over to Whip Up’s got an extensive round up of Halloween Tutorials. Link.
Attila and Anna on the open source hardware talk @ Maker Faire… – For open source hardware you need open source software and a modular hardware design that makes building customized hardware just as easy as writing software or web apps. In order to make the idea mainstream you need to commercialize it and that’s […]
John Sosoka, CTO of Ugobe, was at Maker Faire Austin showing off Pleo, the company’s robotic dino pet, and answering questions about the bot, especially its hackability. The video interview is rather awash in the ambient noise of a very busy Maker Store, so the transcript on RobotsRule is your best bet. [Photo by Scott […]
Danielle at Etsy writes: You have a little more than 3 days left to get those costumes in for the Halloween costume contest! Get to work, you brilliant procrastinators! To enter: make a handmade costume and put it for sale in your Etsy shop no later than 11:59pm EDT, October 26, 2007.* You have some […]
Help a SF crafter who got injured in a recent hit-and-run accident. She will be out of work for a bit and has no insurance so she’s having a craft sale Friday, Nov 30th and is looking for photos, prints, paintings, drawings, jewelry, and craft donations for the event to sell. Email Amy here if […]
