HOW TO – Make Egg Matryoshka Dolls
Ellen from The Long Thread posted instructions how to make Matryoshka Dolls by painting and dressing wooden eggs. – Link.
Year: 2008
LED Navigation Jacket
Should you find yourself lost on the snowy ridges of the not-so-distant future – reader Martijn points out O’Neill introduces the NavJack, a ski jacket which has an integrated LED display for navigation. It also has an audio unit in your hood through which you will be given instructions about which direction you should go. […]
Kuribo Shoe Mario Quilt
Brandon wrote in about this Kuribo Shoe Mario Quilt that he made with his mom over the course of 2 days. The quilt is made up of 726 3″ x 3″ pixels. The image is from the Mario All-Stars version of Mario 3 for Super Nintendo. Link.
Handmade Banjos
From the MAKE Flickr pool Member J.P. Banjos shares some great build pics from his workshop. Here is the banjo, fit together. The top two are self-explanatory. In the bottom two images, I am gluing the neck onto the dowel stick. To do this, I clamp a straight edge to the plane of the neck. […]
USB gamepad turned loop controller
Hmm, you’ll want to check which switches seem unresponsive before you jump into the enclosure design process. Otherwise – fun mod if you use Ableton Live. Gamepads can be procured quite cheaply. (Thanks, Johan!) – Link Related: Portable consoles as musical instruments… – Link MIDI ControlBox – Link
Design LEGO creations on your iPhone or iPod Touch
LEGO-touch is an application for designing LEGO creations on your iPhone or iPod Touch. From the website: View, post, build, or edit other LEGO maniacs projects. Create your own LEGO characters in pals, post your LEGO self to represent in share. Play and download different LEGO games or challenge anyone to a build-off! Personalize your […]
Build your own RCX temperature sensor
Since the existing RCX temperature sensor made by LEGO is pretty expensive and difficult to find, this maker built his own compatible sensor. Check out the how-to at the link below. Building a RCX-compatible temperature sensor – Link