Folks looking for a good looking stylus for their tablet/smartphone will love this variation on the standard capacitive touch stylus. Designer and mobile UX pro Craig Villamor whipped together this handsome stainless steel sharpie mod by gutting the refill housing with a drill bit and cramming a Pogo Sketch stylus in the remaining cavity. Conceivably one could forego the additional stylus and just use some conductive foam.
Usually when you see a time-lapse sequence the camera is stationary. Adding camera motion to a time lapse-shot adds noticeable depth to a scene. Maker Derek Mellott built this motion control unit for his DSLR from a cable management tray, BBQ rotisserie motor, and TI graphing calculator.
By George Hart for the Museum of Mathematics Save your egg cartons and see what recycled art you can make with them! You can cut the bottoms of egg cartons into strips of six “waffle holes” which then interlock, without glue, into interesting structures. The basic joint of four spiraling strips is seen below. The […]
MAKE BFF, I-Wei Huang (aka Crabfu), sent us the link to this simple, cheap camera mod for his Eflite Blade SR 120 micro-heli. It’s even temporary, using zip-ties and tape, so he can switch it back to stock. The page also has his review of the Blade and a video of some sweet indoor garage […]
Youtube user correx37 made this homemade knitting machine using old printer parts, two servos and a Picaxe-18x microcontroller. I love the simplicity and re-use of components. That slow, deliberate action could easily lull me in to a deep sleep… and when I woke up, I’d have a freshly-made scarf! See also: Machine-Knitted QR Code Scarf […]
I had the pleasure of being a part of a new craft fair this weekend here in Michigan – D.I.Y.psi. I’ll have some more thoughts and an interview with one of the organizers this week, but until then, take a look at the great shopping list volunteers handed to shoppers as they were greeted at […]
From MAKE subscriber Nikolaus Gradwohl of Vienna: This is a small how-to video that explains how to design and print a cookiecutter using my Cookie-Cutter-Editor and a makerbot.
