Just a friendly reminder to those of you who are polishing up your entries for the Gadget Freak Design Contest: The deadline is tonight at 11:59 PM California time. The grand prize is $1000 cash and a free storefront in Makers Market. When you enter, be sure to upload finished or in-process project shots or video to the contest Flickr pool!
With all of the work that comes with getting ready for an event, sometimes you need to get a little silly. That’s what i3Detroit member Nick Britsky and I did over the Fourth of July. Taking a break from our Maker Faire Detroit projects, he helped me make a unicorn pinata cough sequins on command […]
Charles Guan of lolriokart< fame is back with his latest creation, the FANKART!!! 2 propeller-powered shopping cart.
Last week I shared my tips for selecting the best images for craft tutorials. This week, I am going to share my tool box, as prompted by a reader comment from dsc: Thank you so much for this tutorial on tutorials! My only question is how the pictures were taken in the shots where you […]
Matt posted the steps he took to build a proper stompbox development platform – Designing and building your own guitar effects is a great way to combine a passion for electronics and guitar. However, when testing new designs, I found the fragile circuit on the solderless breadboard was difficult to connect to patch cords and control […]
These simple tissue paper hydrangea pins bring back memories of big-time fun as a kid, mashing down tissue paper petals in to glue on the tip of a pencil eraser. Cathe of Just Something I Made gives a grown-up spin on the timeless tissue paper flower craft in her tutorial.
The dutch have long ago perfected a design known as the Bakfiets (“box bike”) for transporting cargo. These literally are the SUVs of Holland; Dutch moms even use these to carry their children to school. I thought about it, and the design seemed perfect for my needs. In short, the design is a two-wheel bicycle, […]
