Shoe Bag Tutorial
Betz White shows you how to sew up your own shoe bags using some some cute thrifted sheets. I’m also coveting her green flats!
Year: 2009
Next Dorkbot DC, Tuesday Feb 24, 2009
Note: We had to cancel the January Dorkbot DC meeting because of weather. So, if you thought you missed James Mallos’ BEAM talk, you didn’t! Hope to see you next Tuesday! Next Meeting: 24 February 2009 7 PM – 9 PM (ET) ALWAYS FREE! Location: Smith Hall of Art, Room 114 George Washington University 801 […]
Sierra Bravo’s Overnight Website Challenge
Geek Squad’s Founder and Chief Inspector, Robert Stephens, sent Make: television some info about an upcoming event that he’s judging called the Overnight Website Challenge. The event sounds really cool and all of the effort goes to helping 12 nonprofits. Mark Hurlburt is one of the event’s organizers, “The event is kind of a creative […]
HOW TO – Appear on Make: television
This is a DIY project of a different nature– namely, yours! Have you felt inspired by the Maker’s call to action? Seen something on Make: television that’s brought out the urge to tinker? Got a bunch of scrap parts waiting to be reused in ways no one else has imagined? Each week, Make: television features […]
Copper Band-Aid
I’m taking an introductory metalworking class, and for our first sample project I made this copper Band-Aid. I formed the strip on a hydraulic press (read: car jack in a steel frame) sandwiched between layers of acrylic (bottom) and flexible urethane (top). The pad is textured by running it through a roller against some window […]
Extinct robots! Dance party & cute robot soccer
Two videos, both containing advanced robots – now extinct. From the cute AIBO to the child-like QRIO, look back on simpler times when robots lived among us… danced and played soccer.
TwitchFinger robot build notes
I’m converting a Twitchie kit into a finger-controlled robot arm. I built a little servo breakout on some perfboard, and added pin headers to plug a flex sensor into it, making a voltage divider circuit for the Arduino. This means the angle of the servos changes (rapidly!) as you bend the sensor. I’ll be attaching […]