Use hula hoops to keep your swimming pool warm year-round using the sun. Thanks go to Edward Hujsak for the original article in MAKE, Volume 23. To download The Lily Pad Pool Warmers video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Lily Pad Pool Warmers article in MAKE Volume 23 and you […]
Use hula hoops to keep your swimming pool warm year-round using the sun. Thanks go to Edward Hujsak for the original article in MAKE, Volume 23. View the PDF of this project. and then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Here’s a neat idea by telescope maker AstroNutRex: you can make a worm gear by bending some pieces of threaded nylon rod around a circular form.
The latest project from Scott Bedford’s “What I Made” blog is definitely getting me excited for the official start of fall next week. Using Scott’s awesome tutorial, try making one yourself!
One of my favorite treatments for textiles is shibori dying. Shibori is an ancient traditional Japanese craft that involves binding fabric around a relief and then dying it in indigo. Once the relief is removed, intricate patterns are left behind. Shibori is the original tie-dye, but the art is much more precise, simple, and sophisticated. […]
Mario Marchese of Nyack, NY, built this neat drawing machine: This is “The Audio Portrait Artist (TAPA).” It is made from recycled DC motors, cigar boxes, pieces from a broken multimeter, roof shingles, wine corks, and old radio knobs. TAPA works similar to a CNC machine, but instead of cutting things, it draws. There are […]
Over at CRAFT, Angela Sheehan has an awesome soft circuit project for Geek Crafts month, this tentacled Drawdio puppet: This octopus jellyfish-inspired puppet lets you make different squeaky sounds using an embedded Drawdio. Hold the puppet by putting one hand in the loop on its belly. Use the other hand to touch conductive spots on […]
