Pedal-powered hacksaw
…It was at this point that Chester realized maybe not ALL pedal-powered tools were “appropriate” technology. Happy Earth Day! PPPM: Pedal Powered Hacksaw
Year: 2009
Announcing Make: en Español
As part of our ongoing Pinky and the Brain-worthy plot to take over the world, or in our case, make over the world, we’re thrilled to announce Make: en Español, a version of Make: Online for the Spanish-speaking world. Welcome to the Maker Media family editor Mauricio Gómez and his staff of writers. We look […]
Flashback: Hydroponic Veggie Garden
Back in CRAFT Volume 09, the multi-talented Brookelynn Morris opened our eyes to the wonders of growing a garden hydroponically. Brookeylnn shares instructions for a simple and compact system, perfect for the urban gardener. The introduction to this DIY explains the benefits of a hydro system: “Why hydro instead of soil? Growing hydroponically has tons […]
Electronics in limpet shells
Hannah Perner-Wilson put a small push button, battery holder, and LED/vibrating motor inside these little limpet shell. She writes: I’ve always liked collecting seashells, and have always wanted to do something more with them than accumulate them in my parent’s garden. So now I want to see how far I can go to integrate small […]
How-To: Coffee Liqueur
Instructables user brawns214 made a how-to on making your own coffee liqueur – delicious!
Recycled Hurricane Cover
Patricia of A Little Hut shares this fantastic project for covering a glass hurricane. Can you figure out what common household product she used to create the design? I couldn’t! Go check out her post for all the details.
Japanese edition of Getting Started with Arduino available
I just received my copy of the Japanese edition of Massimo Banzi’s Getting Started with Arduino. Big thanks to Hideo Tamura from O’Reilly Japan for sending this on. This book is really beautiful: dust jacket, belly band, separate paper stock for the appendix, endpapers, and it’s just gorgeous. Flickr set | O’Reilly Japan catalog page […]