You may have seen this little beauty floating through the interwebs. It’s an Altoids Tin-based COSMAC Elf, built around the classic RCA COSMAC 1802 microprocessor. It’s the prototype to a kit that Lee Hart has been developing. P. Todd Decker (Overland Park, KS) sent us a link to this video of his build of the […]
The quality of craftsmanship and the attention to detail on these papercraft models of the band Queen are truly stunning. [via DudeCraft] We Are the Champions
Bill Gurstelle had a broom-based Bristlebot at Maker Faire Austin, but I never saw it in action. This one was built by Gregg Horton. He has an Instructable that shows you how he did it. Seems like you could easily add some sort of bumpers or other obstacle avoidance rigging so that you wouldn’t need […]
Create your own drawing and animation software-and learn basic programming and electronics skills at the same time. This engaging 5-week online course introduces you to two simple tools: Processing, a programming language for visual thinkers, and Arduino, a hardware platform for working with electronics. You’ll learn how to use these tools together to build something useful right away.
I moved to Detroit eleven years ago, in what I thought was a short stay exclusively to attend graduate school. After witnessing the potential to work, educate, and maintain a studio practice here, I never used my ticket home to the East Coast. In just a few years after founding my neckwear design company, The […]
Sylvia’s at it again! This time she shows us how to whip up our own sidewalk chalk using plaster of Paris and powdered tempera. More: Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Crazy putty Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Rockets Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show – Maker Faire edition Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 01, Drawdio
These lovely lights from Kirsty of Kootoyoo are so charming and calming. Better yet, they are about as easy as a craft project can get. See how you can put them together in minutes over on her blog.
