The neatest part about this, er, “Pie of Sauron” pumpkin build by AnubisTTP is the vintage Soviet ‘dekatron’ counting tube that burns at its pupil. It’s also got LED backlighting inside. And I couldn’t resist posting this little dekatron animated .gif from the Wikipedia article:
This is my favorite scarf. That I bought last year. I have several other favorite scarves. Probably about 10 or so that are favorites, and another dozen or so that I really, really like. Favorites include the one I got at a thrift store in Germany this summer; the one I bought in San Francisco […]
Well, I’m convinced. This quiet and electricity-free table saw, the Jointmaker Pro R2 by Bridge City Tool Works has a small bead of drool forming on my lip, not even halfway through the demo video.
What do you do if you don’t have a vacuum former, and need to make a part for your robot body? Well, Vadim Ryazanov over at lets make robots has a simple solution: make them with papier-mâché!
For small projects that needed sturdy, precise framing structures, we’ve got MicroRAX from Twintec.
I love seeing new ways to display embroidery, and this example from Flickr user, moesewco, fits that bill. I drew this face one afternoon, and decided that it would look good in black floss on a dark background. When the question of framing came up, I was looking for options that did not include simply […]
The Spooky Tesla Spirit Radio is a crystal radio circuit in a jam-jar. It makes fun spooky sounds by responding to input from several types of electromagnetic sources. This non-powered radio plugs right into the computer sound-in jack, and makes use of audio software for real time sound effects.
