How-To: Compact Raised-Bed Garden
Instructables user Alexdlp made this jaw-droppingly beautiful raised-bed hexagonal garden to save space and provide optimal growing conditions for growing fruits and veggies.
Month: June 2010
Math Monday: Mathematical beading
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Beading is a traditional craft which recently has been applied to make interesting mathematical models. Here are some impressive examples by Bih-Yaw Jin, starting with a beaded Mobius strip. A beaded helical surface twists through space like a cork screw. All five Platonic solids are shown here, […]
New in the Maker Shed: LoL Shield
The LoL Shield is a charlieplexed LED matrix for the Arduino, available in the Maker Shed. You can use it to display anything in a 9×14 grid. Scroll text, play games, display images, or anything else you want to do.
Felt Alphabet Necklace
Right now I’m obsessed with the ABC’s since my daughter Chloe loves reciting them from her blocks or flash cards. Perhaps that’s why this alphabet necklace by Tonky Designs just caught my eye. Who needs an initial when you can have the entire alphabet?! The wool felt letters are laser cut and strung on a […]
Robots and Dinosaurs – A Hackerspace, mini documentary
Here’s an exceptionally well done documentary about the Sydney, Australia space Robots and Dinosaurs.
Great microbiologists, a documentary done in Lego
I must have been sleeping at my keyboard, because I completely missed this 2003 documentary, Great Microbiologists.
Make it Anywhere, Part 3: Mobile Lab Fixtures
Steve Roberts, the “high-tech nomad,” shows you how he built his mobile lab and makerspace.
