Nice use of stretchy bike tubes to convert a pair of lace-ups to slip-ons! Inner tube laces by jacco1997: I got tired of my bike’s pedals catching my laces, so I decided to ditch my laces and go for something else. I ended up with using inner tubes to turn them into slip-ons. They stretch […]
Shawnmelito on Instructables writes: THE PROBLEM: When the family goes swimming, either in a pool or at the lake, my daughter, who has Cerebral Palsy, would either just have to float around in a life jacket, or be carried around by an adult. Either way she had no independence. Also, because she is so skinny […]
image by Ranjit Bhatnagar Next Monday evening (Nov 15), Alpha One Labs, the community hackerspace in Brooklyn, is hosting a DIY pasta sauce cook-off and blind taste test! Canned tomatoes will be competing against standard vine tomatoes from local grocers (and possibly San Marzano tomatoes for the ultimate palatial experience!) against pre-made jarred pasta sauces. […]
Renowned webcomic artist Randall Munroe built a submersible ROV starting with a commercially-available parts kit: The kit comes with a good set of underwater motors and a sensitive camera, and this summer I started modifying it to use an Arduino and joystick control, running the whole thing over Cat-5 cable (which significantly lightened the tether). […]
Flickr user even-star created and posted this fun Space Invaders Christmas cross-stitch chart. Get started now to make one for each of your geeky pals this holiday season! [via Mr. X Stitch]
Maker Media’s Education Director, Michelle Hlubinka, writes: We’re so pleased to share with you some more details about the new season of the Young Makers Program. For those new to our network: the Young Makers Program is a collaboration between MAKE, The Exploratorium, and Pixar. The purpose of the program is to inspire and develop […]
Which is a mouthful, but it makes sense if you think about it — a jig for a table saw that helps you make box joints with the help of a threaded rod controlled by a wooden gearbox. The maker, Joe Beuckman, began with a box joint jig from Woodgears.ca and then put his own […]
