HOW TO – Make a Hedgehog Softie with Pocket
Molly Chicken created a tutorial for this hedgehog softie with pocket for carrying around a smaller hedgehog and a little cash.
Month: September 2008
TMT, is the new SMT
TMT, is the new SMT… Mikest writes- “Thread Mountable Technology” I made a bunch of LED beads today after work. I found that a novel way to solder a large number of beads together at once is to use sticky tape and needles to hold the crimps and LEDs in place. Soldering one side first, […]
Distributed squirrel cage for parallel processing
Doug sent in this cool project he did (partly) with a laser cutter! Distributed squirrel cage for parallel processing – Humans are invited to write obessive thoughts on scraps of paper, deposit them in squirrel cages, and turn the crank, thus offloading the actual work of obsessing to the mechanism. This cutting-edge apparatus applies the […]
TIME Magazine– August 2, 1954 Vol. LXIV No. 5
Wow, David sent along this fantastic cover from TIME Magazine, 1954 – he writes… The August 2, 1954 cover of TIME… And not only is it about DIY, but the cover was done by one of Mark and mine’s favorite illustrators, the amazing Boris Artzybasheff.
New in the Maker Shed – Danger Shield!
Prepare to get your fun on with the most versatile self-contained Arduino add-on yet – Mr. Hoeken’s Danger Shield – The Danger Shield is an add-on for the Arduino micro controller board. It contains a variety of fun and useful electronic circuits that you can use to do fun and useful things. It is a […]
Bento rock box
The Jacket Lunch Box blog boasts an awesome collection of album-styled bento boxes and even some video documenting how they’re cooked up. Crank up the umami! – รฃโยชรฃฦยรฃฦฦรฃฦยรฃยยฎJacket Lunch Box More: Amazing bento art
Raising praying mantises
I’ve been curious about raising praying mantises for a while; according to Wikipedia, there are 2,000 species of mantids; only 20 of them are native to the United States. I’ve heard of people using them for a natural pest control, but apparently they’ll eat beneficial insects as well as pests, and will even eat hummingbirds! […]
