The humble BBQ is an essential part of summertime fun. All season long they can be found at block parties, tailgating, camp-outs, and down by the river. A good BBQ will weather the outdoor elements year after year and still grill up a great dinner. Yet, with lots of use, the grimy inside and the […]
Inspired by the popular flash-based ToneMatrix melody-sequencer, Andrew decided he wanted a tangible 16×16 LED matrix instrument. Sure, there are premade options but none quite fit the bill – the Bliptronic 5000 just doesn’t have enough lights. All the existing 16×16 equivalents were more money than I wanted to pay: A Tenori-on costs something like […]
Blow-molding (Wikipedia) is an thermoplastic forming process in which a hot polymer pre-form is injected with gas to press it against the inside of a hollow mold. It’s how most plastic bottles are made. Designer George Fereday got annoyed that the primarily-industrial process was so inaccessible and decided to build his own DIY version, which extrudes pre-melted polymorph plastic through a custom die attached to a normal caulking gun to create the hollow pre-form. There’s more detail over at Core77.
Sarah James is at it again with another DIY replacement for a drugstore products: toothpaste. She writes: Quit throwing away your hard earned cash for name brand toothpaste like a sucker! Get the cleanest feeling teeth of your life with this homemade toothpaste recipe that actually tastes good. Toothpaste is something you can make easily […]
I love this great top from Jennifer Casa for Sew, Mama, Sew! She created the pattern after being inspired by a thrifted shirt she’d picked up for her daughters. I determined that my girls’ top was basically a tank top with elasticized thread at the waist, neck and arms. I knew it would definitely work […]
SherwiniWilliams hired Matthew Sporzynski to make these paint chip paper sculptures for their ads. I noticed the same papercraft aesthetic in their video ads, but those appear to me to be virtual papercraft. It’s interesting to see effects artists and animators getting into the “crafty” aesthetic, like in Viva Piñata and Little Big Planet, too. […]
Instructables user anthony_p1234 writes: This is my first Arduino project aimed at helping me with my other hobby which is growing oyster and shiitake mushrooms indoors. In a nutshell, the controller takes in two temperature readings, 1 Humidity reading and 1 Co2 reading and triggers a set of four relays connected to mains power. Intended […]
