DIY Fleece Throw
Maize in Montana shows you how she personalized some fleece throws with special words like “home” and “love”. This no sew project makes a great holiday gift!
Year: 2010
Mechanical moustache
John Kit built this marvelous mechanical mustache to wear to the HeatSync Labs first year anniversary party.
Dead Drops preview
Aram Bartholl writes: I am pleased to preview ‘Dead Drops‘ a new project which I started off as part of my ongoing EYEBEAM residency in NYC the last couple weeks. ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs […]
Reflow soldering in a kitchen stove?
Over in the MAKE Forums, Chad Oliver has a question about the safety of using a kitchen oven for both reflow soldering and cooking.
Create Bokeh Effect with Simple Camera Mod
Over on Make: Projects, our DIY library, Sindri Diego of Iceland shares a fun and simple camera mod to produce cool bokeh effects. Bokeh comes from the Japanese word for “blur,” and by making a cover for your lens, you can snap shots where the blurred lights in your image take on whatever shape you […]
DIY Haunts ends soon… submit your entry today!
DIY Haunts is a cool contest sponsored by Jameco Electronics and MAKE that challenges makers to utilize sound, light, and movement to create the ultimate Halloween decoration. But you have to build it… quickly! Our deadline is midnight, November 2nd. With less than a week remaining, here’s what you need to participate: Our contest landing […]
Mod your camera and your microscope on Make: Projects
Two fun and simple project contributions to Make: Projects this week both involve mods. The first is the above-pictured retrofitted microscope by Christoph Ziimmermann (nuess0r) from Switzerland. Christoph had access to a solid, classic microscope, but wanted to amp up its usability by adding lights. The mod ended up costing him a paltry $8. The […]
