Ecolect, a great sustainable materials resource, has created their GreenBox. It’s a subscription to eco-friendly material samples so you can check out physical samples of materials you might want to make something with: Every 3 months, we release a sampling of 12 cutting-edge materials, packaged in a durable box that can also function as a […]
Hack a stock NERF chaingun it into a high-rate-of-fire beast. This viral video for an energy drink is a terrific how-to video to introduce your non-Maker friends and relatives to toy modification. They admit that this is dangerous and will probably damage the motor — they are pushing four times the voltage than it was […]
Diane points us to a New York Times article about the exhibition of embroidery at the Bard Graduate Center. The story is fascinating, and the images in the slide show are breathtaking. Here’s a quote that speaks to my embroidery-loving heart in a big way. The marvels of this exhibition testify to the human need […]
The folks at Tellart have made an amazing Augmented Reality (AR) holiday card that you can play around with yourself: you’ll need Flash player (version 9), a webcam, and a printer (so you can print out the AR objects). The project was made using FLARToolkit and Papervision 3D. Check out Tellart’s site for more details, […]
I just noticed that you can still ship items 2nd day air from Amazon until 3pm PST today (that means you have practically all day to dawdle, east coasters!) and overnight until 3pm PST tomorrow, so I thought I’d post up a couple of craft books that crossed my desk recently that could make a […]
My son and I put together this blinking LED Christmas tree kit, and then hung little MAKE gift subscription and MAKE gift certificate ornaments from it. It was a lot of fun — he got to learn about anode vs. cathode sides of the LEDs as he fit them into place for soldering. The gift […]
I’ve been collecting a bunch of paint chip sample cards recently (I’m planning to repaint our kitchen nook soon) and this gift tag project from A Spoonful of Sugar is going to be a great way for me to reuse those chips once I’ve settled on a paint color. [via WhipUp]
