Our ol’ Make: Online compadre Jonah Brucker-Cohen put together this event with Dorkbot Paris last April on the occasion of the Gakona exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo. [Sent to us by David Steinberg of Dorkbot Paris] Palais de Tokyo : the Scrapyard Challenge Scarpyard Challenge
Shannon at luvinthemommyhood refashions the sleeves from a men’s dress shirt into an adorable pair of toddler pants. The tutorial features a PDF and a video and is a part of her “newbie sewing series”. Shannon writes: When repurposing or refashioning an item, there is no such thing as leftovers in my house. After having […]
Last night The Brooklyn Kitchen held a cupcake class, and our friend Michelle Kempner was there to catch the action. The class was really cool. The teacher showed us how to make two types of cupcakes and then gave us lots of decorating tools and types of frostings (ganache, fondant, buttercream, etc.) and had us […]
Update: “We have some good news (finally). Brian (my co-conspirator) has had some success on writing USB drive auto-detection software. He’s working on the copy-phase stuff next, and also integrating his work into the small computer we’ll stuff inside the box. I’ve succeeded at rewiring my failed circuit board to light up the buttons, and […]
Amy Shaw at Greenjeans shows you an eco-friendly way to remove tarnish from your jewelry by using baking soda. In other news, the Greenjeans’ shop will be closing on May 10th and Amy’s got a huge Spring Thaw Sale going on where you can get 40-75% off everything until closing time. Her Greenjeans blog will […]
I just added Noah Vawter’s 1-Bit Groove Box to my must-build list. The project uses an ATMega32 chip as an easily controlled one-bit synth/sequencer with built-in effects, featuring – Sounds good. Nostalgic algorithms updated. Lightweight. Don’t need to look at it as you play it! Inexpensive. Designed to be built by musicians. Open Source Software, […]
Make some crazy sounds from a teensy-tiny musical instrument. Thanks go to Brian McNamara for the original article in MAKE, Volume 15. To download The Mooftronic Mini Synth MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Mooftronic Mini Synth article in MAKE, Volume 15. and you can see that in our Digital […]
