Popular Science 1939 – Walking on rollers that are geared to the rear wheels of a novel treadmill wagon, a child can propel the odd vehicle along the ground. Invented by Harry Kister, of Philadelphia, Pa., the cart is fitted with removable floor boards that cover the rollers, so that it may be used as […]
Google Maps has added traffic information for more than 30 U.S. cities. If available in your area, real-time traffic conditions will be displayed over the highway as color coded lines. Each color represents how fast the traffic is moving: Green: more than 50 miles per hour Yellow: 25 – 50 miles per hour Red: less […]
They’re sold out, but this a good bundle to get started with RFID — Dare You Experiment with the RFID Devil? Depending on who you ask, RFID technology is either the “Mark of the Beast”, or a global panacea destined to rescue the grocery stores and Walmarts of the world from shoplifting. But any good […]
Tickets for the Saturday May 19th & Sunday May 20th, 2007 Maker Faire @ the San Mateo Fairgrounds are now available – save up to $5.00 if you order now. Maker Faire – A two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It’s for creative, resourceful folks who […]
Mamaqilla has a special crafting friend, her pet pooch Ursa who not only helps supply fur for felting but pitches in on the process too. Link. From the pages of CRAFT: 02: “Big Wheel Keep on Turning” by Shannon Okey p. 150-153. Knitgrrl Shannon teaches us how to spin different fibers including dog hair! Digital […]
Phil @ MAKE says: Dale has some good news – the Maker Faire proposal deadline has been extended! We are getting many, many terrific proposals for Maker Faire. Nearly half of them have come in at the last two days. To relieve this crunch, we’ve decided to extend the deadline about two weeks to Midnight […]
Christy points us to this great tutorial on making bedwarmers to keep your toesies warm at night! Link.
