Dutch maker Ivo Beckers (shapedad) created this capacitive stylus for folks with limited mobility and is based on customer feedback. Capacitive touch devices like the iPad are useful tools for Assistive and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Speech and Language Therapy (SLT). Check out Ivo’s wears here.
Hi Crafters! Here’s a note from Wendy Tremayne, founder of Swap-O-Rama-Rama about the upcoming Swap-O-Rama-Rama at Maker Faire Bay Area May 21-22. – Natalie Dear CRAFT Readers, It is wonderful to be writing to you in anticipation of the 2011 Swap-O-Rama-Rama (SORR) at Maker Faire. This is your invitation to join Swap-O-Rama-Rama as staff. Your […]
Taps and dies are the two tools you use for cutting threads into material around a hole (tap) and for cutting threads into a rod (die) for mating with that hole. The basics of how to do it are quite simple. All you need to know are a few steps and you need a tap […]
We have another installment from Dustyn Roberts’ wonderful book, Making Things Move. In the last chapter, we covered “Introduction to Mechanisms and Machines.” Today, we look at motors and motion with “Chapter 6: Eeny Meeny, Miny, Motion: Options for Creating and Controlling Motion.” In this chapter, Dustyn covers the basics of how motors work, DC […]
Are you a hackerspace member with an event you’d like to publicize? Send it to johnb@makezine.com or tweet me at @johnbaichtal and I’ll post it. Also feel free to subscribe to my hackerspaces Twitter list. Hackerspace Happenings will run weekly Tuesdays, and the next one will come out March 29th. The Great Global Hackerspace Challenge […]
We are extra excited over the recent announcement of the Etsy and NASA Space Craft Contest winners because our own crafty space geek Rachel Hobson won in the 2D Original category for her High Texture Hand Embroidery of the Moon. Rachel’s handmade piece will be going into space for the next shuttle launch! I still […]
I was looking for something cheery to post in honor of the arrival of Spring, and I don’t think it gets any better than the dreamy photos of Dutch photographer Sebastiaan Bremer.
