Sarah James of Instructables (scoochmaroo) modeled her Instructables t-shirt dress she refashioned. How adorable is that? i love that she had Instructables buttons to hold up her dress straps. This crafter came over to the CRAFT booth and I was dying over the handmade dinosaur sweater vest she had on! She didn’t make it herself […]
My friend and yours, Gareth Branwyn, heard I was testing the Epilog Zing laser cutter and asked if I could cut him the parts for a 4Volt Jansen Walker. Gar is a robot master and a steampunk to the core (check out his Lost Knowledge issue of MAKE magazine for more proof) so I figured […]
Woah, I never knew solenoids could be this good at impersonating audio oscillators! — plus I had no idea copy machines had such advanced easter eggs. Dspdude explains – This test fixture for a photocopier uses solenoids that are driven by a special song. Reminiscent of the Honda commercial for the early 80’s. The easter […]
Chronicle Books has posted a project excerpt from the Handmade Hellos book by Sabrina Moyle and Eunice Moyle of Hello! Lucky. The rosette badge on the front of the card is not only dapper, but is also removable and wearable!
From the MAKE Flickr pool Mark of Spikenzie Labs points out this unusually styled musical interface/instrument posted by Flickr member juhani_. It sports some interesting controls with nice organic-meets-electronic aesthetics. The wheel controls along its length seem to be vertical rotary encoders. Not much pertinent info to be gleaned from his blog, but it seems […]
Here’s an easy hack for your Maker’s Notebook that’s sure to get noticed: Buy some thermochromic liquid crystal (LC) film and attach it to the cover! Originally I bought LC film from US suppliers and tried gluing it on. I tested three different adhesives (3M Super77, DAP Weldwood Contact Cement, and Elmer’s Craft Glue) and […]
MAKE contributor Mikey Sklar has posted a how-to on Voltaic about using the solar power company’s 15-watt panel to charge a 12v battery, for use in camping, festivals, powering personal electronics, etc. Charge Car Batteries with a Voltaic 15 Watt panel
