Alan Parekh of Winnipeg makes these sweet component-symbol coasters from 1/4″ plywood, sealed with polyurethane varnish. Ten bucks gets a set of six: resistor R1, inductor L2, LED D3, capacitor C4, transistor Q5, and ground GND. Good-looking, clever, and easy on the wallet.
Kate at design*sponge shows you how to give your boring plants a boots with this tutorial on giving garden pots a pick-me-up. And if you’re into sprucing up your gardening pots, tools, labels or anything else, enter our Crafty Chica Challenge: Garden Glam contest today!
Dale reports that the last Open MAKE event at the Exploratorium was a great success. The above videos show the three featured makers for the month: Walter Kitundu, Ge Wang, and Krys Bobrowski. The Exploratorium’s blog has more: The event got off to a great start as the Young Makers got busy soldering piezo microphones […]
Mint tins have become almost legendary for serving as mini project enclosures. But what do you do if you don’t have one handy? Print your own!
Aniomagic built this weight-sensitive backpack and writes: I’ve been traveling a lot with my backpack, sometimes putting too much in it, which is bad for my back. Taking a cue from this weight-sensing tote on Instructables , I decided to build one using schemer. Schemer is a tiny programmable button that helps you easily make […]
Looking to take a break from tinkering on your latest project this weekend? Here are some fine maker events to check out, from The Maker Events Calendar.
Walkie-talkie actuator lets everyone pose without rushing for a timer. Thanks go to Tom Rodgers for the original article in MAKE, Volume 15 To download The 2-Mile Camera Remote video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete 2-Mile Camera Remote article in MAKE Volume 15 and you can see that in our […]
