Brett and Sarah Peterson won Nokia’s Push N900 “Mod in the USA” competition with his bike dashboard: Way back in September I heard about the Nokia PUSH N900 global competition. I had been drooling over pictures and all the info I could find about the phone and thought, รขโฌลFinally! This is my chance to get […]
Terrie Miller of Permie.net has put together a wonderful roundup of DIY garden projects using upcycled materials. Learn how to build a seedhouse using a window or glass door, make a garden work table from old pallets, grow 100lbs of potatoes in 4 square feet, and construct a raised garden bed from cut branches. Terrie […]
SOLO-TREC is outfitted with a series of tubes full of waxy phase-change materials. As the float encounters warm temperatures near the ocean’s surface, the materials expand; when it dives and the waters grow cooler, the materials contract. The expansion and contraction pressurizes oil, which drives a hydraulic motor. The motor generates electricity and recharges the batteries, which power a pump. The pump can change the float’s buoyancy, allowing it to move up and down the water column.
Tiffany Threadgould of RePlayGround reports in with photos from last night’s Green Up Scraptacular at Terracycle’s Port Authority Green Up shop in NYC. Above is tiffany wearing a a Target plastic bag dress with a workshop participant who made a party hat from a cereal box and refashioned her t-shirt with Megan Nicolay of Generation […]
Yesterday, Becky posted about Threadbanger’s Decor it Yourself video on creating 70s-inspired geometric string art. Lindsey from Yarnia in Portland, Oregon, points us to this awesome variation on the string art theme from one of Yarnia’s customers. When one of our customers came in a few weeks ago looking for some yarn to use for […]
Calling all Houston Makers! We’re excited to announce the first meeting of Make:Hou, a new Make city group based in Houston. The meeting will take place on Thursday, May 6th, at the Kendall Library & Community center. From their flier: We Welcome Artists, Engineers, Musicians…People who MAKE! See guest speaker Patrick Hood-Daniel, author of “Build […]
If you’re in NYC this weekend, check out Raphael Abrams’ soft circuit class at NYC Resistor. There are a few spots left! Learn to make soft, flexible and washable electronic circuits embedded right into common textiles! We’ll cover conductive thread, waterproof circuitry, embedded sensors and tactile feedback. Everyone leaves with enough basic knowlege to level-up […]
