Plywood Secret Compartment
Check out this very clever secret compartment hiding place inside of a table’s edge.
Year: 2010
LEGO NXT audio sequencer
This audio sequencer from Damien Kee can be made with a standard LEGO NXT 2.0 kit and includes software and PDF instructions.
Beer bottles with tuning levels printed on labels
Delightfully clever marketing gimmick from designer Matt Braun, who’s made a beer label printed with a scale showing the relationship between the level of liquid in the bottle and the note that it makes when you blow across the top. Apparently Matt actually brewed a small batch of “Tuned Pale Ale,” and, thanks to the massively positive response his clever label is getting, has plans to brew some more. You can sign up at his website to be notified when it’s available for purchase, or you could try tuning some bottles of your own. Once you’ve figured out the levels for the notes, why not etch the scale into the glass?
Neon Elastic Girl’s Skirt
I get obsessed over fabric (who doesn’t right?) and Liberty of London is just right up there with the most beautiful prints. Molly at The Purl Bee shows off the gorgeous Liberty of London Tana Lawn print in her neon elastic girl’s skirt project. The neon elastic and knit trim give a modern edge to […]
Rachel Hobson Wins Big in Hubble Contest
Our own Rachel Hobson just won first prize in the European Space Agency’s Hubble Pop Culture contest, in the “funniest” category. Her piece took inspiration from one of John Grunsfeld’s spacewalks: Hubble is amazing and inspirational in its own right, but I really love hearing stories from the people who work on the space telescope. […]
Citizen Science month
Citizen Scientists: Show us your Erlenmeyer flasks, your test tubes, your centrifuges, your stereomicroscopes, your mutant science experiments, yearning to be free. It’s Citizen Science month here on MAKE, an opportunity for us to feature a lot of the science content from the magazine and here online, a chance for us to collaborate with people […]
How-To: DIY Skinny Ties
Gabrielle of Design Mom shares how she transformed thrift store ties into fun skinny ties for her teenage son. [via DollarCraft]