My friend Thomas Edwards has added another component to his Phy2Phy project series, his mission to link one physical locale to another over the Internet. His first component was Touch-over-IP. His latest creation is Breath-over-IP. To communicate breath over the net, he used an Arduino, a SparkFun Protoshield, an AdaFruit Xport shield, and a Lantronix […]
So there I am in my studio about to solder up another kit, and all my solder is gone! Who could have used it all up? It’s happened before, and this time I’m going to find out exactly who did it. I had a really good idea who it was, but I needed to know […]
Last week I banned my dog from using my soldering iron since she used up all my solder. Well, that hasn’t stopped her from learning how to program a video game on the XGS AVR 8-Bit Development System. There isn’t any soldering required, so I guess it’s OK. The only question I have now is, […]
Here’s what’s happening in the world of craft fairs. Feel free to add your upcoming event to our calendar. Coming Up This Weekend: Renegade Craft Fair – San Francisco San Francisco, CA Saturday, July 18, 11am-7pm Sunday, July 19, 11am-7pm Red Rabbit Arts & Crafts Market Arcadia, CA Sunday, July 19, 9:30am-3:30pm Summer Arts, Craft […]
Instructables user fallscrape lets us know the necessary steps for some great authentic ginger beer. Keep an eye out this friday for my next CRAFT Video on producing your own soda at home!
BurdaStyle, Etsy and Bags for the People are teaming up for a massive sew-a-thon of reuseable grocery bags this Saturday at 303GRAND in Brooklyn, New York from 1-6PM. There will be up to 15 sewing machines set up in the store and loads of fabric and patterns available to create a hands-on experience of designing […]
My colleague Julie Steele, editor of The Geek Atlas, suggested I check out the Musée des arts et métiers on my recent trip to Paris. It’s a true Maker’s museum; I really don’t know where to begin. It’s got so much stuff a maker could love: A remake of Lavoisier’s laboratory Léon Foucault’s apparatus for […]
