Super Mario Bros. Piranha Plant Sculpture
Jaime Margary sculpted this Piranha Plant for his garden, proving that Super Mario Bros + Sculpey = Awesome.
Month: April 2010
Desktop AS Whiteboard
Over at Curious Inventor (Atlanta, GA), they were inspired by the whiteboard benchtops at the Freeside Atlanta hackerspace. For $12, they got a 8×4 foot piece of panel board from a home store and turned it into a desktop they can write on.
Leather Tooling Workshop with Paco Collars
Ana Poe of Paco Collars still has space in her Introduction to Leather Tooling class this weekend! Ana wrote a DIY Dog Collar how-to for us in Craft, Volume 10, but now you can get some hands-on help! If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and have always wanted to learn how to […]
Canafote, Arduino Network Infrastructure
Over on the Arduino blog, David Cuartielles found this excellent open-source sensor project, the Canafonte Network Project.
Maker Birthdays: Max Planck
Karl Ernst Ludwig Marx Planck, theoretical physicist, was born on this day in 1858. He had a distinguished career as an intellectual, founding the field of quantum theory, supporting Albert Einstein’s work on Theory of Relativity, and winning the Nobel Prize in 1918. He was first recipient of the newly organized Max Planck Medal which […]
CRAFT Pattern: Striped Fingerless Mitts
By Becky Stern This unisex pattern will keep your wrists warm while you bike, type, or play bass. It’s great as a quick and satisfying knit for yourself, or make and give them to a friend! Fingerless mitts keep you warm on chilly spring nights while keeping your fingers free for more projects! Download and […]
MITers at Cambridge Mini Maker Faire
After class, how do you blow off some steam, sparks, swarf? Over at MIT, they have MITers, a great on-campus hackerspace where students gather to build amazing creations. You can check out some of the more portable physical imaginings at the Cambridge Mini Maker Faire this Saturday, April 24 from noon to 4pm.
As we were preparing for the Cambridge Mini Maker Faire, I asked people to chime in with what projects they expected to bring. Here is a brief listing of some of the MITers projects you can expect to see.
