Tonight, Saturday 10pm EDT I’m helping Ladyada with her weekly “Ask an engineer” live video chat, it’s going to be a great show – all about batteries, solar, power & more. If you have questions about her article in MAKE (On Batteries, How to decide which batteries will run your project best. – From the […]
CasaSugar member MRB929 made this pegboard jewelry organizer so she could easily find her necklaces and bracelets. I love the mix n’ match decorative knobs that add to overall design.
By Jeanne Storck 9:00 Sunday morning. Nan Eastep coaxes a hem through her sewing machine in a booth at Oakland’s Temescal Farmers Market. A few final stitches and she holds up a pair of vintage pinstripe trousers that she’s converted into knee-skimming, bike-friendly knickers. An accomplished seamstress and avid cyclist, Eastep is the creator of […]
This Instructable shows you how to make a USB-powered LED lamp that turns on (and off) via the wave of your hand (and the QT113 IC): The touch switch circuit is based on the QT-113 integrated circuit. It works by detecting changes in capacitance. When it is first turned on it measures capacitance at its […]
In the summer, I drink my coffee almost exclusively iced. I stick the whole brewed pot in the fridge and mix in sugar and milk on a cup-by-cup basis. But why doesn’t granulated sugar dissolve well in my iced coffee? Just remember back to chemistry and physics: slower-moving molecules in the cold liquid don’t bounce […]
Fra Fondi sent us info on this awesome soccer (foosball) table, made entirely of Lego parts, and programmed and controlled (sounds, score-keeping) with the Lego WeDo kit. Sariel tells us that: “Counting the game score and returning balls to a box are both fully automated. The actual game remains, obviously, fully manual, with eight players […]
Karen from Maggie Makes shares a very nicely done tutorial for creating embroidered pot holders. It’s a simple project that can easily be done in a couple of hours, takes very little fabric and would make a nice hostess or housewarming gift. Looks like it could be a great weekend project to use up some […]
