3D-printed Space Invaders
Thingiverse user sideburn designed and printed these legendary video game ships. Thought: stick some magnets on the back and have an awesome fridge display!
Month: July 2010
DIY Kids Fashion: Turn Men’s Jeans into Toddler Jeans
Cook Clean Craft has a quicker solution on how to turn men’s jeans or pants into toddler-sized jeans. [via jean repair] Cook Clean Craft writes: I’ve seen a few blog posts for converting men’s pants or jeans to toddler-sized jeans, but they all seem to involve a lot of seam-ripping, deconstructing and lots of sewing. […]
What extensions do you use with your browser?
The two images above are my extensions for Firefox and now Safari (which supports extensions + a gallery as of today). I haven’t looked at the browser share for MAKE recently but from what I recall it was a little over 50% Firefox – which browsers are you using, why and what extensions do you […]
Modular stackable Arduino enclosure
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr Pool, this 3D printed set of chassis components from user nathanmatsuda:
So far I’ve made end panels for the duemilanove and the ethernet shield. Next up- a new top piece that’ll have an opening for the prototyping shield. Also planning a top piece for the touch shield (but I don’t have one of those yet).
The parts are available through Shapeways.
Tattooed Lego Minifigs
Sean @ Make: Online makes some astute observations about these rad tattooed Lego minifigs: This is a viral marketing campaign for some kind of extra-fine point Pilot pen. I love the minifigs themselves, but the campaign bugs me for a couple of reasons: 1) I’ve been Googling around pretty hard and can’t seem to figure […]
How-To: Felt Paisley Stocking
There are a lot of fun Christmas in July series circulating on craft blogs this month, including over at Sew, Mama, Sew! This awesome felt paisley stocking Cathy Ziegele makes me want to drop everything and come up with fifty million different ways to stitch felt paisleys on to stockings for everyone I know.
Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Sidewalk Chalk
We’re excited to bring to you our special summer kids video miniseries, Sylvia’s Super Awesome Mini Maker Show! Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube, Blip.tv, and Vimeo. By James (TechNinja) and Sylvia Bored on a hot summer day? In the mood to let out […]