MAKE, CRAFT and Maker Faire were sponsors of the Fairytale Fashion show 2010 with Diana Eng, here’s my video – above in glorious HD (m4v here). The Fairytale Fashion Collection uses technology to create magical clothing in real life. Electronics, mechanical engineering, and mathematics are used to create clothing with blooming flowers, changing colors and […]
Here’s a wonderful glimpse of spring: the LA Times blog has posted about Gene Bauer, an LA-based artist who created a series of handmade booklets (really a zine more than anything) back in the early 1970s to send out to members of the California Garden Clubs. The booklets were recently rediscovered and published (you can […]
Turn hard-shell gourds into decorative party lights. Thanks go to Diane Gilleland for the original article in MAKE Volume 21. To download The Gourd Lanterns video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Gourd Lanterns article in MAKE Volume 21 and you can see that in our Digital Edition. You can get […]
Turn hard-shell gourds into decorative party lights. Thanks go to Diane Gilleland for the original article in MAKE Volume 21. View the PDF of this project. And then subscribe to MAKE magazine for other great projects you can do over the weekend.
Jason Moungey of macetech dropped me an e-mail yesterday to let me know that the 9×9 RGB LED matrix table they were showing off at Maker Faire Bay Area 2009 (as shown above) has been upgraded with a Bluetooth shield that lets it receive tweets that control the display. Construction and programming details are available here, and there’s a live feed of the table here.
So, the other day I was at a local tavern, picking up tickets to see the Green String Farm Band. And there in the corner was a man holding a folder that said “Morris” on it. Now, seeing as I just happen to be named Morris, I felt the impulse to say hello. The man’s […]
Hobby servos are great for quick jobs, but if you attempt to do very precise work with them, their limited resolution quickly becomes an issue.
