The $1,500 closed-source UP! Personal Portable 3D Printer (PP3DP) does its thing, putting the heat on open alternatives like the Mendel and MakerBot. We have been developing the UP! printer for more than one year, it is completely based on our own efforts, we have not used open-source solutions for this design. We understand and […]
This project is called “Spiral Wall” which used Processing to control Arduino board. Pressing the keyboard(or mouse) to control the servo to rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise. You can see how the silk-line rotate and make the diversity of the patterns. In the Maker Shed: Getting Started with Processing Learn computer programming the easy way with […]
New Davenport, IA, hackerspace Quad City Co-Lab is hosting a grand opening September 17-19. Welcome, brethren! As a bonus, they’re hosting a hackerspace cookout that Saturday for all Midwest (and beyond) hackers. (The pic is from the recent Mitch Altman/Jimmie Rodgers/Matt Metts grand tour of Midwest hackerspaces.)
Even though it’s still pretty hot here in Austin, I’m finally feeling like I can see Fall on the horizon. It’s starting to seem like time to get to some cozy crafting, and this cute twirl and tie pixie hat would be a perfect kick-off Fall project. Michelle of Wee Folk Art shares the pattern […]
Check out this Bluetooth NES controller Sk3tch pieced together from parts and an Arduino with a blueSMIRF Bluetooth module.
Craig Bush saw our recent post about Ryan Palser’s Fallout 3 replica weapons and thought we might be interested in this photoset of his home-poured aluminum Call of Duty ray gun replica. He was right. As much as the prop itself, I really dig his video of the pour, embedded above. If you’re interested in sandcasting aluminum at home, there’s a lot to learn, in the 120-odd seconds of this video, about how to do it right.
Here’s a great starting project for the rugged, outdoorsy, he-man type who is secretly candle-curious. The fact that it’s made with shotgun shells makes up for any girliness that might otherwise accrue to candle-crafting. Even if you use strawberry-scented wax. If you’re still feeling emasculated, try casting some beer bottle caps into the wax and/or mounting the finished candles on empty cans of SKOAL. From Instructables user Sunbanks.
