WhipUp recently posted about a cool British company called ClothKits, who sell sewing patterns that are directly silkscreened onto fabric. Just cut and sew your garment, easy peasy! They make clothing for women (the skirt pattern featuring illustrations by Rob Ryan is pictured above), kids, and even have a stuffed doll pattern to boot. Pic […]
The Science Museum of Minnesota’s Studio 3D has some great kid’s projects. I especially like the Marble Machine, which incorporates recycling and simple electronics and kinetics. Marble machine Related: The Way Things Go (one of our favorite DVDs!)
Alice from Futuregirl shares a quick tutorial for making this delicate lace bracelet with button closure.
Over at Telstar Logistics, MAKE contributor Todd Lappin has a write-up and some pictures of this past weekend’s 2008 Power Tool Drag Races. Power Tool Drag Racing 2008: The Photos! The Fashions! [via]
Core77’s Carl Alviani caught up with super-Maker-Faire-planner Sherry Huss and Make’s managing editor Shawn Connally for an interview video at Maker Faire. It’s nice to see two really special and crucial behind-the-scenes folks share their amazing ideas on camera.
In this build I am going to be making the XPort shield that is available from LadyAda’s web site. The shield will allow you to connect your Arduino to the Internet and check your email, interact with Twitter, send SMS messages, and a whole lot more. I was inspired from the book “Making Things Talk” […]
Shannon O’Neill has made a natural history exhibit with moving and light-up creatures for a more life-like experience. Called The How + the Why, Shannon describes the project: I was inspired by vintage How + Why Wonder books to create a fictional natural history museum display with animated creatures. Each creature is a combination of […]
