Ian at DIY Life made a nice tutorial video on RGB color mixing with LEDs on the PIC platform. His circuit throws in a handful of extras, like mic input. While perhaps simpler to do on the Arduino with a BlinkM, this project looks like a good PIC starter. His whiteboard circuit diagram drawing lapse […]
Ernesto Oroza collects discarded objects in Cuba and refashions them into useful products. Seen here are broken lawn chairs with new rebar skeletons. – [via] Link.
This week on ThreadBanger it’s all about babies as Rob and Corrine show you how to make a cozy baby pod and recycled baby gear.
Maize Hutton just finished these beautiful woodburned Maytryoshka dolls that were drawn by her daughter. Stunning and cute! I love the little westie dog at the end. Link.
Gaze upon the awesomeness of Nick Crump’s toilet-turned-instrument, “The Bog Horn” submitted by Flickr member pocket-sized. Nick has created several instruments using plumbing hardware as part of the three year Confluence project, initiated by the environmental charity Common Ground. Nick describes the Bog Horn: It is classified as a brass instrument as the sound is […]
Observe!- the bounty of the MAKE Flickr Pool: Waterproof APC-Link Homemade Ring Flash –Link Homegrown Morse Code Paddles –Link Piezo Bow –Link Film Can Cannon – Link We’ve seen some great projects in the pool this week and next week should be even better! “Why is next week so special?” – you ask? Because that’s […]
The “Freestyle Soundhack Workshop” by Jessica Thompson happening today in Toronto, Canada gets participants to build “Freestyle Soundkits” which are wearable sound devices that generate and broadcast electronic beats as wearers move around urban environments. Pretty nice simple project that reminds me of the Sonic City project with an added DIY focus. Freestyle Soundhack Workshop […]
