The Cheap Vegetable Gardner created this soil moisture sensor using nothing more than picture wall hanging hooks, a soda straw, hot glue, and some Plaster of Paris. After a little research there was the classic science class method of creating a homemade sensor by simply putting two galvanized nails in the soil and measuring the […]
Paul Lamere, of the Music Machinery blog, has a most excellent post investigating the detectability of drummers who use a click track: I’ve always been curious about which drummers use a click track and which don’t, so I thought it might be fun to try to build a click track detector using the Echo Nest […]
Check out Rhizome’s article about 3D printing (fabbing) and digital art, with plenty of links and pictures of inspiring works from artists around the world. Several years ago, while making the lecture circuit rounds, American architect William Massie described a key goal within his practice as moving towards a more direct translation between bits and […]
On Feeling Stitchy, Shebrews shows you ideas on embroidering cutter quilts. The term “cutter quilt” is for a piece or section of vintage quilt that’s still in great shape and can be used for a craft project. This piece above turns into a journal cover.
This Friday, at 12pm Pacific (3pm ET), MAKE is launching a new Blog Talk Radio show, called Make: Talk, hosted by MAKE Editor and Publisher, Dale Dougherty, and MAKE Editor-in-Chief Mark Frauenfelder. Each week, they’ll have special guest makers on the show, talk about DIY projects, and what’s going on at MAKE magazine and Make: […]
In keeping with March’s mending theme, Instructables user Phil B created an in-depth tutorial for fixing your telescoping rod-type suitcase from various problems stemming from heavy things having bent the rods.
CraftStylish is celebrating the release of Susan Beal’s Button It Up with a month full of button-based projects. I am in awe of this simple but beautiful woven button coaster from Linda Permann. And while it can be a bit time consuming, the results are well worth the wait. Although part of me was wondering […]
