From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! We’ve got so many wonderful Maker Faire Austin projects this year that you can take a random word and find multiple projects on that topic. Take, […]
Nice pedal powered tank on Pop Sci! If you want to crash a local parade of human-powered vehicles and soak unsuspecting onlookers in water or vaporized hot dogs, a pink camouflage tank is a pretty good craft to do it in. At least that’s what 30-year-old Philadelphia gearhead Vin Marshall thought when he persuaded nine […]
The Small Object shares her method for making these fun bendy skeletons you can pose in all sorts of spooky ways. I love their vintage-style look, and the cupcake topper is great fun too!
Michael Cooper sent these amazing photos and data plots to SparkFun…he wrote his own firmware for the WiTilt, which gives 250 Hz of accelerometer data with 16x oversampling. The data is sent via Bluetooth to his Palm Tungsten which takes care of logging.
More RFID info & brainfood for you today, “The Internet of Things” by Rob van Kranenburg – A critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID (free PDF) via Beyond the Beyond… Rob van Kranenburg, The Internet of Things. A critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID. Report prepared by […]
Spotted on the Make: Flickr Pool, a walking seat built from a pair of bicycle handlebars and a bike seat. Paging Kevin Kelly. Homemade stool at Rathayatra
Crafter Sonya Nimri of Sonya Style and author of Beadalicious has an easy cake stand project you can make with your own dinnerware. It’s a great recycle project to dress up your baked goods! Download the MP4 Video or HD Version | Subscribe to CRAFT in iTunes
