Make: Online fixture Michal Zalewski has built a rep for his incredibly detailed and precise how-tos. Now he has written another, the ultimate how-to for people interested in learning electronics. There are quite a few primers on electronics on the Internet; sadly, almost all of the top hits resort to gross oversimplifications (e.g., hydraulic analogies), […]
I love this recipe from Cooking With My Kid for baking a hearty fall oatmeal right inside a sugar pumpkin. My kid assisted by scooping all the seeds and stringy bits out of the pumpkin and also selected which ingredients we’d include inside. You can really add anything you like to the oats – dried […]
Maureen Grant’s first foray into soft circuits yielded this musical tie, built using the Open Softwear tutorial e-book. [via Fashioning Technology] In the Maker Shed: LED Sewing Kit
Lynne Bruning MCed the eTextile Fashion Show at World Maker Faire NY, here’s a video by Angela Sheehan and Rebecca Grabman with lots of interesting electronic wearables inside the stunning blue glass Great Hall at the New York Hall of Science. More: Amisha Gadani’s Blowfish Dress
If you’re having visitors this weekend, I’m betting they would love to see these on their breakfast plates. Brooke of Cheeky Kitchen shares her recipe for making melt-in-your-mouth cinnamon rolls with cream cheese buttercream.
Amanda Boxtel’s excitement is contagious. That’s because she’s been taking the recently unveiled Berkeley Bionics eLEGS exoskeleton for a walk in the park. Not the easiest thing to do if you’ve been in a wheelchair for the last 18 years.
Los Angeles hacker space Crash Space will be offering an Arduino for Programmers class series starting October 20th. Aimed at programmers, and taught by the super excellent Carlyn Maw. Here’s what she has to say about this class: I’m targeting this one to share the Arduino project with people who were are like I was […]
