By Jessica Wilson I’m a big fan of grilled peanut butter sandwiches and it has nothing to do with Elvis Presley (no bananas for me). I’m also a big fan of Thai food, especially the gingery, peanut-buttery goodness that is called satay. One night, while foraging around the fridge for some dinner fixins, I thought […]
David “daqq” Gustafik from Bratislava, Slovakia wrote in with this excellent robot. It uses mostly harvested parts, including old motors pulled from an East German printer. But the centerpiece of the design is a tiny monochrome CRT. The CRT tube itself is a Tungsram DG7-123. It’s an old CRT, meant primarily for scopes. It’s got […]
Here’s some of the exciting craft-filled activities you can enjoy at Maker Faire this weekend! CRAFT Booth Come by the CRAFT booth in Expo Hall where we will have fun craft demos from your favorite crafters each hour. Here’s the full schedule. This year we are excited to have Xyron in our booth where our […]
Over at MAKE: Japan, Takumi Funada found this excellent tea caddy variable capacitor, which uses a homemade capacitor to turn a little plastic container into a volume control.
In case you missed the announcement tucked at the end of Dale’s Maker Faire preview post yesterday, I’m here to tell you the OK Go will be performing an acoustic set on the Solar Stage at Maker Faire Bay Area on Sunday at 5pm. They’re thinking of it as a teaser to their headlining show […]
Sometimes I think I should have been born in the “olden days.” I totally swoon over handcrafted furniture, especially vintage sewing benches with little pegs for spools of thread. This gem was outside at Mr. Ryder’s Antiques, a super sweet shop in Graton, California. The best part about this stool was that the drawer had […]
In case you missed the announcement tucked at the end of Dale’s Maker Faire preview post yesterday, I’m here to tell you the OK Go will be performing an acoustic set on the Solar Stage at Maker Faire Bay Area on Sunday at 5pm. They’re thinking of it as a teaser to their headlining show […]
