Beaded Stitch Markers
Shannon points us to Crafty Daisies tutorial on how to make beaded stitch markers for knitting, using a toggle clasp (rather than a jump ring) so there’s no seam to catch on your yarn. Link.
Month: October 2007
Black Box lightshow
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Rosendahl writes – I just finished this yesterday. Based on an original design that I built in college, this is an LED lightshow that plugs into any audio source. (I have it on top of our home entertainment system, so it shows whatever we’re listening to or watching.) The display […]
Animated ghost scares you into thinking you can build a better one
This animated ghost senses visitors presence and makes some “spooky noises” to try and scare them. Take off the white covering and its just a bunch of LEDs, a speaker, and a cheap microphone level sensor. Hmm, I wonder how long it took to come up with this device? I know we can do better. […]
The Future Is … Maker Faire Austin — Adventures in Time!
Baron Von PT and the Brebot travel forward in time to gander the FUTURE and the future is Maker Faire Austin – October 20-21, 2007 where branes colide! View the video (above) get it as a MP4 or just subscribe via iTunes! What’s Maker Faire? Glad you asked! two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, […]
The Satelloons
Greg writes – From about 1956 until 1964, US aeronautics engineers and rocket scientists at the Langley Research Center developed a series of spherical satellite balloons called, awesomely enough, satelloons. Dubbed Project Echo, the 100-foot diameter aluminumized balloons were one of the inaugural projects for NASA, which was established in 1958. The Satelloons – [via] […]
Google ring proclaims your Internet status
The “Vanity Ring” project by Markus Kison is an interesting take on social status. The wearer inputs their name into the software which uploads the amount of mentions their name gets on a Google search onto the ring. From the description: “While in earlier times richness and importance were equal to the amount of money […]
Socratic electronics
Socratic electronics has a lot of downloadable worksheets if you’re learning (or want to learn) electronics, they take a different approach than traditional teaching… – The purpose of this website is to provide both rationale and resources for research/discussion-based instruction to instructors everywhere. Central to the Socratic Electronics project is a large collection of questions […]