Here’s a super-nerdy timepiece created using Arduino, a DS1307 real-time clock chip, four 74HC595 shift registers, and an 8×8 RGB dot matrix display. How does it tell time? The time is indicated using blocks of colour. The central 6×6 grid is split into 4 x (3×3) grids and each 3×3 block is a different colour. […]
In an effort to test the new boundaries afforded by my Make: Halloween Contest 2009 beat, I bring you this bulemic zombie prop robot that pukes on command into a toxic waste drum thoughtfully labeled “inedible.” A steal at only $2750 apiece, they are sadly and incomprehensibly discontinued. I was planning to order a matching […]
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Photojojo! Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas by Amit Gupta with Kelly Jensen Book Site: Photojojo.com/book The best email newsletter hands down for photography crafts is Photojojo. Thanks to Amit’s review one year, I found my Nikon D40 and have been in love with taking photos ever since. Now Amit and Kelly wow us […]
San Francisco’s KPIX/Channel 5’s “Eye on the Bay” program did a decent, lengthy, and enthusiastic piece about this year’s Maker Faire Bay Area. The piece covers everything from the R/C warships to Russell the robotic giraffe and “Hand of Man” to the steampunk offerings to art cars, the Coke and Mentos show, and the bicycle-powered […]
I am pleased to report that I have been nominated to receive this year’s Most Ridiculous David Mamet Allusion award. Also: I dig the no-BS approach of this traditional weighted gate closer from Snug Cottage Hardware. No springs, no strings, no pulleys. A pretty easy remake, too, if you can find a cannonball. In other news, I have been nominated
I love the way certain colors play off each other, and this week I am loving lavender and green. Herb Garden Yarn from Beck and Call Girl on Etsy
