Light-up bike pedals add bling to your ride
Need extra bling on your bike? How about some human powered, light-up pedals?
Month: October 2009
Bildr: componentized, crowdsourced DIY how-tos
What Bildr is attempting to do is very admirable. It makes good sense. It will be glorious, if it happens. Something similar has been talked about in tech DIY circles for years. The idea is to create a visual Web-based library of componentized instruction sets, “building blocks,” for doing various hardware and software constructions. Put […]
A visit to Ben Heck’s lab
The Engadget Show takes a trip out to Madison, WI to visit the workbench of console-modder extraordinaire (and Make contributor) Mr. Ben Heck. Can’t wait to see the finished Paxton pinball!
DIY Faux-Fur Vest
With faux-fur looks hitting the stores this fall, why not make your own soft and furry DIY faux-fur vest with this tutorial by …love Maegan.
Ambient LED Flowerpot Clock
Sean @ MAKE writes: Last Thursday evening I had the pleasure of attending my first Dorkbot Austin, at Cafe Mundi on E. 5th St. At least fifty were in attendance, and six people presented original work, most of which I’ll be blogging over the next few days. First up, I wanted to mention this luminous […]
Train an army of children to recycle bottles for you
There’s an odd synchronicity here with last week’s post about the coin-scavenging-crow training machine. This time it’s a hunt-the-wumpus style video game that you play by dropping glass bottles into the slots when they light up.
In a side note, Volkswagen’s “Fun theory award” is now definitely on my radar. Besides this project, their competition to incentivize socially-usefully behaviors by turning them into entertainment also produced the world’s deepest rubbish bin and the public staircase piano keyboard.
Craft Felt Photo Pockets with Kata Golda in the Etsy Labs Tonight
Tonight at the Etsy Labs from 4pm – 8pm EST, come and take part in a free sewing workshop to make felt photo pockets with artist and author Kata Golda — whether you’re in Brooklyn or anywhere in the world. Etsy writes: Stop by for our weekly Craft Night in our online, interactive classroom, the […]